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Episode: Episode 899 – Dropping Knowledge Bombs And Hitting Targets
Description: I have mentioned before, I am a fan of Malcolm Gladwell and his podcast "Revisionist History". His last book "The Bomber Mafia" was about the race to use strategic bombing to end World War II. This was before the "Manhattan Project" which yielded the first atomic bomb that was built and used to change the course of history.
The book discusses the desire to "Drop a bomb in a pickle barrel" with precision targeting. The problem was its theory was not practical with weather, and other factors. The only thing that worked was using napalm to firebomb Tokyo at low...