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Part Two:
THE APPRENTICESHIP OF BOMBER BULL

Poster for the aerial pageant at Hendon in 1922
from http://airminded.org/2011/11/09/ending-hendon-i-1920-1922/


A copy of this article in Word format may be downloaded here

A new form of 'policing'
A cheap and efficient means of subduing primitive peoples 

The apprenticeship of Bomber Harris
Arthur Harris teaches 'truculent and warlike tribes ... what real bombing means'

Arnold Wilson - a perceptive critic
The British Governor of Iraq doesn't share his enthusiasm

A unique conception of air power
Britain pioneers the concept of an air force independent of the army

The attempt to outlaw civilian bombing
Dum-dum bullets, gas - why not the mass slaughter of civilians?