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Buckley, John (1999). Air Power in the Age of Total War. Indiana University Press. ISBN0-253-33557-4.
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Webster, Charles and Noble Frankland, The Strategic Air Offensive Against Germany, 1939–1945 (HMSO, 1961), 4 vol. Important official British history
Werrell, Kenneth P. "The Strategic Bombing of Germany in World War II: Costs and Accomplishments", Journal of American History 73 (1986) 702-713; good place to start. in JSTOR
Werrell, Kenneth P. Death From the Heavens: A History of Strategic Bombing (2009)
