Kamis, 08 Februari 2018

Military History Book Review: Whirlwind

Whirlwind: The Air War Against Japan, 1942–1945 by Barrett Tillman, Simon & Schuster, New York, 2010, $28 Barrett Tillman has written a workmanlike and comprehensive journalistic account of the air war against Japan. Whirlwind represents much more than just a retelling of the massive strategic bombing of Japanese cities by B-29s that burned out the …

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