Questions!!
Ultimately that is what the proposal is about so I have done some thinking (some say lateral), and I have come up with this Main Question:
Evaluate the different perspectives of the Bombing of Dresden?
I want to look at David Irving's book because it is one of the more controversial looks on Dresden.
I intend to look at the works of about 5 authors (A.C Grayling, Kurt Vonnegut, P. Addison and JA Crang, D Irving and someone else.) too much or too little?
plus some subsidiary questions:
Do the rules of war change as the war changes?
How has David Irving and his book, The Destruction of Dresden (1963), influenced the debate over Dresden?
Did the outcome of WW1 influence the decision of bombing Dresden?
I'm also thinking of mentioning the blockade of Germany during WW1, would that be too broad or is it fair game. Keep in mind that this is a work in progress
Taylor
ReplyDeleteYou should have read more by now. Irving's book IS important. The impact was enormous. Slaughterhouse 5 even quotes it. Some reputable historians took it seriously and so did the general public. But there has been plenty of water under the Elbe bridges since then. And the water has been made murkier by the "equivalence" issue.