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Bargaining and Bombing During World War II in Europe

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  18 July 2011

George Quester
George Quester
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Political Science at Harvard University
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Extract

The Second World War is often regarded as a virtually total conflict, with few mutual restraints to bind the belligerents to less than maximum use of their destructive capabilities. While it is generally remembered that poison gas and bacteriological weapons were not used, these limits are usually cited as great exceptions to the rule. Relatively little notice has been taken of the restraints in Europe on the use of conventional high-explosive and incendiary bombs in aerial bombardment, restraints which remained in effect for an unexpectedly long time after the start of the war.

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Research Article
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World Politics , Volume 15 , Issue 3 , April 1963 , pp. 417 - 437
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Copyright © Trustees of Princeton University 1963

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