 | Ronald Schaffer - History - 1988 - 288 pages
...School picnics. We are making War and making it in the all-out fashion which saves American lives, shortens the agony which War is and seeks to bring...greatest possible numbers, in the shortest possible time. For us, THERE ARE NO CIVILIANS IN JAPAN." The AAF and Atomic Warfare The nuclear bomb raids of August... | |
 | Michael S. Sherry - Technology & Engineering - 1987 - 482 pages
...Target .... THERE ARE NO CIVILIANS IN JAPAN. " The goal was to do anything "which saves American lives, shortens the agony which War is and seeks to bring about an enduring Peace."31 The strafing of passenger trains became a favored action. It may have aroused Japanese indignation... | |
 | James Carroll - Arms race - 2007 - 696 pages
...AAF officers flying daily missions against Japanese cities, denned what the overall goal had become: "We intend to seek out and destroy the enemy wherever...greatest possible numbers, in the shortest possible time. For us, there are no civilians in Japan."239 LeMay probably had this declaration in mind when, long... | |
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We intend to seek out and destroy the enemy wherever he or she is, in the greatest possible numbers, in the shortest possible time. 