A review by atsundarsingh
Among the Dead Cities: The History and Moral Legacy of the WWII Bombing of Civilians in Germany and Japan by A.C. Grayling

4.0

Grayling writes a moving prose account of why we should evaluate the Allied bombing campaigns in WWII Germany and Japan along the same criterion used in the Nuremberg trials. While I found the material a bit difficult to work through quickly, Grayling manages to strike the right balance between rational considerations of the ethics in play, and acknowledgement of what may have been on the minds of the men and women experiencing the bombings, planning them, executing them, and even advocating them. This is history well done.