Retaliation: Japanese Attacks and Allied Countermeasures on the Pacific Coast in World War II (Oregon State Monographs: Studies in History)
by Webber, Bert
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0870710761
- ISBN 13
- 9780870710766
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Corvallis, Oregon: Oregon State University Press, 1976. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Second Printing. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. 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..
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- Title
- Retaliation: Japanese Attacks and Allied Countermeasures on the Pacific Coast in World War II (Oregon State Monographs: Studies in History)
- Author
- Webber, Bert
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Edition
- Second Printing
- ISBN 10
- 0870710761
- ISBN 13
- 9780870710766
- Publisher
- Oregon State University Press
- Place of Publication
- Corvallis, Oregon
- Date Published
- 1976
- Keywords
- World War 1939-1945 - Pacific Coast, World War 1939-1945 - Japan, Balloon Bombs, Fire bombs,
- Size
- 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall
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