Withered Garland : Doubts and Reflections of a Bomber

358pp. Blue cloth-covered boards, gilt titles on spine. Lightly bumped spine head and top corners. Previous owner's name on front free endpaper. Internally neat, clean, bright and tight. Dust jacket has some light shelf wear and chipping to edges, price unclipped. 8vo. Autobiographical account of flying both pre-war and for Bomber Command during the second World War, describing his reactions and ultimate disillusion with the bombing campaign and also questioning a theory of war that terrorising the civilian populations into forcing their governments to surrender is the best way to win wars.