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© 2010 by the Board of Regents of the University of Nebraska. Acknowledgments for the use of previously published material appear on page xiii, which constitutes an extension of the copyright page. All rights reserved. Manufactured in the United States of America. Library of Congress Cataloging-inPublication Data Clodfelter, Mark. Beneficial bombing: the progressive foundations of American air power, 1917–1945 / Mark Clodfelter. p. cm.—(Studies in war, society, and the military) Includes bibliographical references and index. isbn 978-0-8032-3398-0 (cloth: alk. paper) 1. Bombing, Aerial—United States— History—20th century. 2. Air power— United States—History—20th century. 3. Precision bombing—United States— History—20th century. 4. World War, 1914–1918—Aerial operations. 5. World War, 1939–1945—Aerial operations. 6. Progressivism (United States politics)—History—20th century. I. Title. ug703.c56 2010 358.4'14097309041—dc22 2010021757 Set in Sabon. ...

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