The Morality of WWII Area Bombing [13min @0:56]

A C Grayling, Professor of Philosophy at Birkbeck College, University of London, joins a 45min roundtable discussion on faith and politics, the British tradition of horror in art, and Baby Boomers, to discuss whether the Allies committed a moral crime in their area bombing of German and Japanese cities in WWII, as treated in his new book Among the Dead Cities.."Start the Week" sets the cultural agenda every Monday. Guests are drawn from the top movers and shakers in politics, history, science and the arts. Guest host David Baddiel also welcomes Conservative MP Ann Widdecombe, art historian Sir Christopher Frayling, and film critic and writer Joe Queenan.