The Bomber Mafia

I'd give it 3.5 stars. This is a great dad book since it's about WWII and Gladwell has that classic dad book style anyway, but the book doesn't back up Gladwell's thesis. It's full of interesting vignettes and anecdotes that are fascinating to discover, but much of Gladwell's premise that the concept of precision bombing as a way to prevent larger casualties hasn't panned out in reality.

Gladwell essentially argues that carpet bombing may have won WWII, but obviously that was because of the existence of the precision bombs of today. It ends up being a weak thread to connect the strong individual stories within.