The apparent choices and the decision -- Zuckerman's theory : the strategic attack on transport for tactical purposes -- EOU and its doctrine -- The winning of daylight air supremacy over Germany -- The choice of oil and its initial defeat -- EOU goes tactical -- The arena of decision : power, vested interest, and personality -- How oil and bridges got in -- The neoclassical period : September 1944-May 1945 -- A few conclusions -- Appendix A : Final minutes of the March 25 meeting -- Appendix B : The EOU doctrine : four memoranda -- Appendix C : Spaatz-Eisenhower memorandum of March 31, 1944 -- Appendix D : Report on the May 7, 1944, destruction of the bridge at Vernon -- Appendix E : Bombing policy on the eve of the Battle of the Bulge : memorandum of W.W.Rostow, December 6, 1944 -- Appendix F : German rail movement in France in the first ten days after D-day : an interim report by Charles P. Kindleberger, June 16-19, 1944.