{"product_id":"the-leadership-direction-and-legitimacy-peter-gray-9781472532824","title":"The Leadership, Direction and Legitimacy of the RAF Bomber Offensive from Inception to 1945","description":"This book offers a fresh approach to the debate on the RAF's bomber offensive by using modern strategic leadership theory as an analytical tool to examine the campaign. In particular, it looks at the legality and legitimacy of the offensive and explores the key interfaces between the military leaders, the politicians and allies. It also looks at the major controversies in the aims and objectives of the campaign and the personalities involved.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eModern literature from the leadership field is used to consider the challenges facing those charged with the formulation and execution of the offensive. Aspects of the senior leadership disputes are also dealt with in the context of the leadership literature and in the wider context of the strategic challenges then facing Churchill, Sinclair and Portal.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA multi-disciplinary bent to the book enables the reader to move beyond the narrow confines of military considerations to the thorough investigation of the legality, legitimacy and morality of the offensive.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Peter Gray\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1472532821\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781472532824\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Bloomsbury Publishing PLC\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/16\/2014\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 368\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.13lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.76d","brand":"Peter Gray","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":45064581251327,"sku":"9781472532824","price":51.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_fdc1509f-cad7-4532-b391-b05da4e255e8.jpg?v=1712124617","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-leadership-direction-and-legitimacy-peter-gray-9781472532824","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}