BOMBER OFFENSIVE "
SIR,—Mr. J. M. Spaight, who wrote such an excellent book on the Battle of Britain, published in May, 1941, hardly does justice in his review published in your issue of January 17th to the thrilling account of Bomber Offensive, by Sir Arthur Harris. In particular, (r) the reader might well assume from the last sentence in the review that Tedder and Harris were at constant loggerheads. In fact, Sir Arthur is full of praise of Tedder. (2) There is no vestige of a suggestion in Bomber Offensive that Sir Arthur Harris opposed the bombing of railways in 1944. His opposition refers to the situation earlier, when undoubtedly he was right. (3) Ministries of Economic Warfare are, of course, -essential to the planning of the strategy of war. But they always tend to exaggerate their own importance and have an endemic tendency to be overstaffed. (4) No adequate tribute is paid to the amazing results achieved by Bomber Command under Sir Arthur Harris, the difficulties-overcome, and the courage both of Sir Arthur Harris and his bomber crews and ground personnel. I hope all your readers will study Bomber Offensive as I have done, and I fancy they will agree- with my appreciation rather than that of Mr. Spaight.—Yours faithfully, Nylon, Aldingbourne, nr. Chichester. C. WALEY COHEN.
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