Author: WEBBER, BERT
Title: Retaliation: Japanese Attacks and Allied Countermeasures on the Pacific Coast in World War II (Oregon State Monographs: Studies in History)
Description: Corvallis, Oregon: Oregon State University Press, 1976. Second Printing. Hardcover. ISBN: 0870710761. pp. vi, 178. Index. Generously illustrated with black and white reproductions of fascinating archival photos. Printed upon glossy stock. Map endpapers. "Weaves together the story of Japanese attempts to retaliate [after the Doolittle raids on the Japanese islands] with an account of wartime situations and the effects of the attacks along the west coast of the United States and Canada. Describes coastal defenses, the evacuation of Japanese-Americans, and beach patrols. Written with the assistance of Japanese scientists who developed and launched the fire bomb balloons, surviving members of the crews of the Japanese submarines that attacked the U.S. mainland, and the only airplane pilot to bomb the United States." - dust jacket. Clean and unmarked with light wear to publisher's mauve cloth decorated in gilt. Binding tight. Light wear to dust jacket which is partially sunned at spine and now preserved in Brodart. A quality copy of this intriguing and little-known WWII history. Enser p.134, Smith 5828-34.; 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall; World War 1939-1945 - Pacific Coast, World War 1939-1945 - Japan, Balloon Bombs, Fire bombs,. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket .

Keywords: 0870710761 1939 1945 Military