The Bomber Mafia - Malcolm Gladwell

In the face of conventional wisdom that aircraft would not affect warfare, a group of young visionaries with a novel invention - the Norden bombsight - developed the concept of precision bombing and changed the nature of American strategy in conflicts. Unlike some of his other books, this is shorter and reads more casually. It seems to have been intended as an audiobook first, with the manuscript done afterwards. Here is his TED talk about the book.