Black Snow by James M Scott
The unprecedented fire raid that incinerated Tokyo, helped win the war and marked a major shift in American military policy
"Black Snow brilliantly vivifies the horrific reality of the most destructive air attack in history, against Tokyo on the night of March 9-10, 1945James Scott deftly employs sharply etched portraits of individuals of all stations and nationalities to survey the global, technological, and moral backdrop of the cataclysm, including the searing experiences of Japanese trapped in a gigantic firestorm. This riveting account illuminates an historical moment of profound contemporary relevance." -- Richard B. Frank, author of Tower of Skulls
"The firebombing of Japan is one of the most gut-wrenching and controversial chapters in modern history. James M. Scott’s Black Snow is a brilliant, fast moving, utterly absorbing, and devastating account of the full price of victory in the Pacific." -- Alex Kershaw, The New York Times best-selling author of Against All Odds
"James M. Scott brings to life with painstaking detail and humanity the terror and plight and hopes of Japanese citizens in their cities, and US pilots in the air—their duties, their misgivings, their conflicted reactions, their sense of victory, and their" -- Doug Stanton, The #1 New York Times best-selling author of In Harm's Way and Horse Soldiers
"The firebombing of Japan is one of the most gut-wrenching and controversial chapters in modern history. James M. Scott’s Black Snow is a brilliant, fast moving, utterly absorbing, and devastating account of the full price of victory in the Pacific." -- Alex Kershaw, The New York Times best-selling author of Against All Odds
"James M. Scott brings to life with painstaking detail and humanity the terror and plight and hopes of Japanese citizens in their cities, and US pilots in the air—their duties, their misgivings, their conflicted reactions, their sense of victory, and their" -- Doug Stanton, The #1 New York Times best-selling author of In Harm's Way and Horse Soldiers
James M. Scott is a Pulitzer Prize finalist and author of Black Snow, Rampage, Target Tokyo, The War Below, and The Attack on the Liberty, and coauthor with Jack Carr of Targeted: Beirut. He lives in Charleston, South Carolina.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781324074601 |
| ISBN 10 | 1324074604 |
| Title | Black Snow |
| Author | James M Scott |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | WW Norton & Co |
| Year published | 2024-05-03 |
| Number of pages | 448 |
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