Target Tokyo
Jimmy Doolittle and the Raid That Avenged Pearl Harbor
$30.95
- Paperback
672 pages
- Release Date
6 May 2016
Summary
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.
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780393352276 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0393352277 |
| Author: | James M. Scott |
| Publisher: | WW Norton & Co |
| Imprint: | WW Norton & Co |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 672 |
| Release Date: | 6 May 2016 |
| Weight: | 518g |
| Dimensions: | 33mm x 140mm x 211mm |
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Critics Review
“Vividly narrates the saga…Scott uses original, almost untapped sources and carefully balances praise for the 80 airmen’s valor and a sober appraisal of the terrible costs.”
“Historian James M. Scott uncovers fresh material to provide an extraordinarily complete account of the 1941 Doolittle US air raid on Tokyo and its aftermath. The basic story is familiar but Scott tells it in so gripping a fashion that it will have great appeal for both World War II buffs and general readers.” – Terry Hartle - Christian Science Monitor “[A] breakthrough work of popular history.” – Michael Giltz - Huffington Post “A fantastic story, fantastically told.” – The Charleston Mercury “Filled with thrilling heroism and sacrifice, Target Tokyo is the definitive account of the amazing Doolittle raid.” – Chris Patsilelis - Tampa Bay Times “[A] brilliant tale of adventure and bravery…the telling is fresh and packs a wallop that puts it up with the best of World War II combat stories.” – Edward Cuddihy - Buffalo News “A terrific story and a cracking good read.” – Ian Toll, author of Pacific Crucible, War at Sea in the Pacific, 1941-1942 “The Doolittle raid on Tokyo was one of the most impossible, daring, and consequential missions ever taken by American military men, and James Scott brings it back to the reader with you-are-there immediacy and drama. Filled with great characters, great heroism, and great suffering, Target Tokyo is at once thorough, realistic, and thrilling.” – Evan Thomas, author of Sea of Thunder and Ike’s Bluff
James M. Scott
James M. Scott, a former Nieman Fellow at Harvard, is the author of The War Below and The Attack on the Liberty, which won the Rear Admiral Samuel Eliot Morison Award. He lives in Charleston, South Carolina.
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