Based on interviews with U.S. aircrews and other servicemen, as well as survivors of the attacks, this compelling account of America's assault on Japan's home islands tells how America delivered the decisive blow to the Japanese Empire--resulting in the destruction of 60 cities.
The war in the Pacific entered its final phase when General Curtis LeMay unleashed his armada of firebombing B-29s against Japan's cities. This popular study by a respected military writer does a skillful job of blending background material with numerous first-person accounts.