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Black Snow: Curtis LeMay, the Firebombing of Tokyo, and the Road to the Atomic Bomb
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Author:
James M. Scott
Publisher:
W. W. Norton & Company
Date:
September 6, 2022
Recounts the horrific reality of the most destructive air attack in history, against Tokyo on the night of March 9-10, 1945.
What The Reviewers Say
... riveting and broadly researched.
... compelling and ambitious.
When modern historians discuss the important and consequential American commanders of the Second World War, LeMay’s name is often missing. Historian James Scott’s new book about the firebombing of Tokyo and other Japanese cities in the spring and summer of 1945 restores LeMay to his rightful place in the pantheon of great American commanders of the war.
... meticulously researched and finely written.
