Dresden: Tuesday, February 13, 1945

ISBN: 0060006773

Author: Taylor, Frederick

Condition: New

A picture markedly different from conventional accounts. --New York Times Book ReviewThe dramatic and controversial account that completely re-examines the Allied attack on DresdenFor decades it has been assumed that the Allied bombing of Dresden was militarily unjustifiable, an act of rage and retribution for Germanys ceaseless bombing of London and other parts of England.In Dresden, Frederick Taylors groundbreaking research offers a completely new examination of the facts, and reveals that Dresden was a highly-militarized city actively involved in the production of military armaments and communications concealed beneath the cultural elegance for which the city was famous. Incorporating first-hand accounts, contemporaneous press material and memoirs, and never-before-seen government records, Taylor documents unequivocally the very real military threat Dresden posed, and thus altering forever our view of that attack.