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Title: The Last Mission: The Secret History of World War II's Final Battle by Jim Smith, Malcolm McConnell ISBN: 0-7679-0778-7 Publisher: Broadway Pub. Date: 13 August, 2002 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 5 (2 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Eye Witness Review
Comment: This book describes the last bombing mission by the B-29's of the 315th wing of the 20th Air Force. This is an important piece of history mainly because this mission took place after the 2nd A bomb was dropped . . . the time most historians claimed the war with Japan ended. The research that was done to write this book was done by Jim Smith, who was on this mission and knew there was more to it than just another raid on Japan's oil refineries. What came out of the research and is presented in this book is a story so important that it had to be told. What might have happened if this mission had not been flown could have cost the lives of millions of Americans and Japanese. In addition to being a good and exciting story, this is history that has not been reported before in anywhere near as much detail and with as much accuracy. I flew this mission also and have waited nearly 60 years for this story to be told. It is done well and with a high concern for accuracy by Smith and McConnell. Read it if you care anything about history as it really happened.
Rating: 5
Summary: A novel, but true
Comment: What a great book! The author makes this small piece of history read as a fiction novel. It gives the detailed account of a night bomber group and the powerbrokers of the Japanese Empire. The stories, very well researched and written, never collide; yet parallel to weave a splendid story. The action is tense and faced paced, and you will not be able to put it down. The authors cite many other works on my bookshelves that I am more eager to read. The stories of the night modified B-29B, flying from Guam points the roots of US strategic air power. The story of the inner turmoil of Japan's surrender are also well done and cited. The book covers (for me) new ground on the use and policy of the decision to drop the atomic bombs. The third story told, the US fear of a prolonged campaign on the Japanese home islands, and the use of more atomic weapons was very interesting. This book is for serious and casual history reader packs an atomic punch!
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Title: Japan's Longest Day: The Pacific War Research Society by Pacific War Research Society, Kazutoshi Hando ISBN: 4770028873 Publisher: Kodansha International Pub. Date: November, 2002 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
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Title: Downfall: The End of the Imperial Japanese Empire by Richard B. Frank ISBN: 0141001461 Publisher: Penguin USA (Paper) Pub. Date: May, 2001 List Price(USD): $16.00 |
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Title: The First Heroes: The Extraordinary Story of the Doolittle Raid - America's First World War II Victory by Craig Nelson ISBN: 0670030872 Publisher: Viking Press Pub. Date: 26 September, 2002 List Price(USD): $27.95 |
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Title: General Patton : A Soldier's Life by Stanley Hirshson ISBN: 0060009829 Publisher: HarperCollins Pub. Date: 06 August, 2002 List Price(USD): $34.95 |
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Title: Germany's Last Mission to Japan: The Failed Voyage of U-234 by Joseph M. Scalia ISBN: 1557508119 Publisher: United States Naval Inst. Pub. Date: 10 April, 2000 List Price(USD): $34.95 |
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