Whirlwind: The Air War Against Japan, 1942-1945

by Barrett Tillman

Book Overview

WHIRLWIND is the first book to tell the complete, awe-inspiring story of the Allied air war against Japan - the most important strategic bombing campaign in history. From the audacious Doolittle raid in 1942 to the atomic bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in 1945, award-winning historian Barrett Tillman recounts the saga from the perspectives of American and British aircrews who flew unprecedented missions over thousands of miles of ocean, as well...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1416584404
• ISBN13: 9781416584407
• Release Date: March 2010
• Publisher: Simon & Schuster
• Length: 316 Pages
• Weight: 1.24 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.1" x 9.4"