AC Grayling book: Among the Dead Cities

A new book published on March 7, 2006 and written by A C Grayling is called "Among the Dead Cities: The History and Moral Legacy of the WWII Bombing of Civilians in Germany and Japan." A.C. Grayling is a philosophy professor at Birbeck College, University of London, United Kingdom.

 

I purchased this book because of many reasons. One reason what that it would be interesting to see how an English person viewed the war since England bore the brunt of German aerial bombing till mid 1941. The book  deals with the air war against Germany and Japan and being a member of the 8th Air Force Historical Society here in Oregon so I have a ready interest. What got me the most was that the front cover is that of a photograph that Bill Washburn of the 446th BG (H) took when he was flying combat missions in his B-24 Liberator. What swung me to really purchase it was that the dust jacket photo is also on the inside the photo caption has the planes labeled as Avro Lancasters!

 

Now, here is an Englishman writing about recent history and has this glaring error of one of the most famous photos taken during WW II, and it made me wonder what other mistakes he has made in the book - so I had to buy it just to hunt down mistakes.

 

You can see this photo that Bill took, and others that he took during his 35 mission tour at:
http://www.taphilo.com/history/8thaf/crosseyedcharlie.shtml