Target Tokyo - Jimmy Doolittle and the Raid That Avenged Pearl Harbor

Informationen zum Autor James M. Scott is a Pulitzer Prize finalist and author of Black Snow, Rampage, Target Tokyo, The War Below, and The Attack on the Liberty, and coauthor with Jack Carr of Targeted: Beirut. He lives in Charleston, South Carolina. Klappentext In December 1941, as American forces counted the dead at Pearl Harbor, President Franklin Roosevelt and his military counsellors were planning a counterstrike against Tokyo. The secret bombing mission, led by daredevil Lieutenant Colonel Jimmy Doolittle, was fraught with problems but Doolittle and his men succeeded in striking the heart of the empire in April 1942. The raid buoyed America's morale and prompted an ill-fated Japanese attempt to seize Midway, turning the tide of the war. But it came at an horrific cost. The Japanese killed an estimated 250,000 Chinese in retaliation. Based on extensive research, Target Tokyo is the comprehensive account of this extraordinary mission. With harrowing stories about the fate of Doolittle's men after crash-landing in China and Russia, Target Tokyo is gripping popular history. Zusammenfassung The dramatic account of one of America's most celebrated—and controversial—military campaigns: the Doolittle Raid.

Product details

• Authors: James M Scott, James M. Scott
• Publisher: Norton and Co Ltd
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 15.05.2015
• EAN: 9780393089622
• ISBN: 978-0-393-08962-2
• Dimensions: 165 mm x 245 mm x 55 mm
• Subjects: Non-fiction book; Europe, European History, HISTORY / Military / General, HISTORY / Europe / General, 20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000, Air forces & warfare, Second World War, c 1938 to c 1946 (World War Two period), Air forces and warfare, Modern warfare, c 1939 to c 1945 (including WW2), HISTORY / Military / Aviation & Space, History / Wars & Conflicts / World War II / European Theater