| Location |
RHC |
| Item Call Number |
D 790 T624 2010 |
| Status |
Available |
| Barcode |
18438 |
| Library Of Congress Control Number |
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| International Standard Book Number |
- International Standard Book Number - 9781416584407 (hardbound)
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| Library Of Congress Call Number |
- Classification number - D 790
- Item number - T624 2010
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| Dewey Decimal Classification Number |
- Classification number - 940.54/49730952
- Edition number - 22
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| Main Entry |
- Personal name - Tillman, Barrett.
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| Title Statement |
- Title - Whirlwind :
- Remainder of title - the air war against Japan, 1942-1945 /
- Statement of responsibility, etc. - Barrett Tillman.
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| Edition Statement |
- Edition statement - 1st Simon & Schuster hardcover ed.
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| Publication, Distribution, Etc. (imprint) |
- Place of publication, distribution, etc. - New York :
- Name of publisher, distributor, etc. - Simon & Schuster,
- Date of publication, distribution, etc. - 2010.
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| Physical Description |
- Extent - xvii, 316 p., [16] p. of plates :
- Other physical details - ill., map ;
- Dimensions - 25 cm.
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| Content Type |
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| Carrier Type |
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| Bibliography, Etc. Note |
- Bibliography, etc - Includes bibliographical references and index.
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| Formatted Contents Note |
- Formatted contents note - Before the beginning -- China skies -- From the South -- From the sea -- Firestorm -- Pacific ponies -- The Harbor war -- "A most cruel bomb" -- Legacy.
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| Summary, Etc. |
- Summary, etc. - "Whirlwind is the first book to tell the complete, awe-inspiring story of the Allied air war against Japan--the most important strategic bombing campaign in history. From the audacious Doolittle raid in 1942 to the atomic bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in 1945, award-winning historian Barrett Tillman recounts the saga from the perspectives of American and British aircrews who flew unprecedented missions over thousands of miles of ocean, as well as of the generals and admirals who commanded them..."
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| Language Note |
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| Subject Topical Term |
- Topical term or geographic name as entry element - World War, 1939-1945
- General subdivision - Aerial operations, American.
- Topical term or geographic name as entry element - World War, 1939-1945
- General subdivision - Campaigns
- Geographic subdivision - Japan.
- Topical term or geographic name as entry element - Bombing, Aerial
- Geographic subdivision - Japan.
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