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Target Tokyo

By: W.W. Norton & Company

Type: Softcover

Product Line: Historical Books (W.W. Norton & Company)


Product Info

Title
Target Tokyo
Category
Author
James M. Scott
Publish Year
2016
Pages
672
Dimensions
5.5x8.3x1.3"
NKG Part #
2148115522
Type
Softcover

Description

On April 18, 1942, sixteen U.S. Army bombers under the command of daredevil pilot Jimmy Doolittle lifted off from the deck of the USS Hornet on a one-way mission to pummel Japan’s factories, refineries, and dockyards in retaliation for their attack on Pearl Harbor. The raid buoyed America’s morale, and prompted an ill-fated Japanese attempt to seize Midway that turned the tide of the war. But it came at a horrific cost: an estimated 250,000 Chinese died in retaliation by the Japanese. Deeply researched and brilliantly written, Target Tokyo has been hailed as the definitive account of one of America’s most daring military operations.