3 JANUARY 1947, Page 32

Collins are publishing this month Bomber Offensive, the war

memoirs of Sir Arthur Harris, who was Commander-in-Chi:2f Bomber Command between the years 1942-1945, and was thus responsible for the formulation and execution of an often much- criticised bombing programme. He tells in detail the full story of how the air war was carried to the heart of Germany, and at the same time he takes the chance of answering his critics and making some controversial comments of his own on the conduct of the war at the highest leveL The book includes some lively portraits of Churchill, Smuts and others of the principal war. leaders. -