{"product_id":"black-snow-curtis-lemay-the-firebombing-of-tokyo-and-the-road-to-the-atomic-bomb-paperback","title":"Black Snow: Curtis Lemay, the Firebombing of Tokyo, and the Road to the Atomic Bomb - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJames M. Scott\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSeven minutes past midnight on March 10, 1945, nearly 300 American B-29s thundered into the skies over Tokyo. Their payloads of incendiaries ignited a firestorm that reached up to 2,800 degrees, liquefying asphalt and vaporizing thousands; sixteen square miles of the city were flattened and more than 100,000 men, women, and children were killed.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cem\u003eBlack Snow\u003c\/em\u003e is the story of this devastating operation, orchestrated by Major General Curtis LeMay, who famously remarked: \"If we lose the war, we'll be tried as war criminals.\" James M. Scott reconstructs in granular detail that horrific night, and describes the development of the B-29, the capture of the Marianas for use as airfields, and the change in strategy from high-altitude daylight \"precision\" bombing to low-altitude nighttime incendiary bombing. Most importantly, the raid represented a significant moral shift for America, marking the first time commanders deliberately targeted civilians which helped pave the way for the atomic bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki five months later.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDrawing on first-person interviews with American pilots and bombardiers and Japanese survivors, air force archives, and oral histories never before published in English, Scott delivers a harrowing and gripping account, and his most important and compelling work to date.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cstrong\u003ePraise for \u003cem\u003eTargeted: Beirut\u003c\/em\u003e by Jack Carr and James M. Scott\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Jack Carr has teamed up with Pulitzer Prize finalist and historian James M. Scott to produce a gripping non-fiction book on the horrors of the 1983 bombing of the Marine Barracks in Beirut, Lebanon that killed 241 servicemen.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e-- John Stryker Meyer, MACV-SOG special operations Vietnam veteran and bestselling author of \u003cem\u003eAcross the Fence\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Hats off to Jack Carr and James Scott for a brilliantly written, analytically crisp, and deeply heartfelt rendition of a dark chapter in American military history.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e-- Admiral James Stavridis, U.S. Navy (ret.), \u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e bestselling author of \u003cem\u003e2034\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eSea Power\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Jack Carr and James Scott have written a historical masterpiece.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e-- Samuel Katz, \u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e bestselling author of \u003cem\u003eThe Ghost Warriors\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eNo Shadows in the Desert\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Jack Carr and James M. Scott will reshape your understanding of the entire war on terror with this breathtaking book that foreshadows 9\/11, Afghanistan, and Iraq.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e-- Craig Whitlock, #1 \u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e bestselling author of \u003cem\u003eThe Afghanistan Papers\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eFat Leonard\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Carr and Scott kill it.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e-- Brad Meltzer, #1 \u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e bestselling author of \u003cem\u003eThe Nazi Conspiracy\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Thank you, Jack Carr and James M. Scott.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e-- Steven Pressfield, bestselling author of \u003cem\u003eGates of Fire\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eThe Lion's Gate\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Carr and Scott deliver on every page.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e-- Elliot Ackerman, \u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e bestselling author of \u003cem\u003eThe Fifth Act: America's End in Afghanistan\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Jack Carr, writing with James M. Scott, uses his masterful storytelling gift to deconstruct the time in a deeply personal, human and gripping fashion.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e-- Douglas London, Career CIA Operations Officer, Middle East expert and author of \u003cem\u003eThe Recruiter: Spying and the Lost Art of American Intelligence\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Carr and Scott take us straight back to a dreadful flashpoint in modern Middle Eastern history, showing us how it presaged so much of the geopolitical strife that would follow.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e-- Hampton Sides, \u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e bestselling author \u003cem\u003eGhost Soldiers\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eOn Desperate Ground\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eThe Wide Wide Sea\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Carr and Scott sharpen our understanding of the forces driving much of this drama and the effect is engrossing, making this book very hard to put down.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e-- Doug Stanton, #1 \u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e bestselling author of \u003cem\u003eHorse Soldiers\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eIn Harm's Way\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"A tour de force born from the partnership of two of our generation's most outstanding writers and historians: Jack Carr and James M. Scott.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e-- John Bruning, author of \u003cem\u003eRace of Aces\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eIndestructible\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"A groundbreaking, utterly compulsive read.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e-- Alex Kershaw, \u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e bestselling author of \u003cem\u003eAgainst All Odds\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eThe Liberator\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Meticulously researched and packed with startling new information and profound conclusions.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e-- Andrew Roberts, author of \u003cem\u003eChurchill: Walking with Destiny\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 448\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.05 x 8.2 x 5.48 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 16, 2024\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53447062257971,"sku":"9781324074601","price":21.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/s3xxpj-vy.myshopify.com\/products\/black-snow-curtis-lemay-the-firebombing-of-tokyo-and-the-road-to-the-atomic-bomb-paperback","provider":"The Celestial Starlit Phoenix ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}