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Governor General's Literary Award 2009

Randall Hansen
Fire and Fury: The Allied Bombing of Germany, 1942-45

  Non-fiction English-Language

Randall Hansen

 

Randall Hansen, Toronto, Fire and Fury: The Allied Bombing of Germany, 1942-45.
(Doubleday Canada; distributed by Random House of Canada) (ISBN 978-0-385-66403-5)

A brave re-examination of a controversial episode in World War II history. Randall Hansen combines meticulous research with an eye for telling human detail to make his case that the Allied bombing campaign didn't help to win the war, and actually prolonged it. A book that offers lessons for today.