Malcolm Mcconnell Jim B Smith (8 results)

Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. Used book that is in almost brand-new condition. May contain a remainder mark. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

Condition: Good. 1st Edition. Former library copy. Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Includes library markings. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.…

Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good. Very Good -. First Edition. (2002), 346pp, illus., light shelfwear to cover, slight edgewear to dj.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Shipped within 24 hours from our UK warehouse. Clean, undamaged book with no damage to pages and minimal wear to the cover. Spine still tight, in very good condition. Remember if you are not happy, you are covered by our 100% money back guarantee.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. Broadway Books, 2002. first printing. 346pp., index, notes, photographs. 8vo. Fine hardcover, fine d/j.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. A gripping account of the final American bombing mission of World War II and how it prevented a military coup that would have kept Japan in the war. How close did the Japanese come to not surrendering to Allied forces on August 15, 1945? The Last Mission explores this question through two previously neglected strands of late—World War II history, whose very interconnections could have caused a harrowing shift in the course of the postwar world. On the final night of the war, as Emperor Hirohito recorded a message of surrender for the Japanese people, a band of Japanese rebels, commanded by War Minister Anami's elite staff, burst into the palace. They had plotted a massive coup that aimed to destroy the recordings of the Imperial Rescript of surrender and issue false orders forged with the Emperor's seal commanding the widely dispersed Japanese military to continue the war. If this rebellion had succeeded, the military would have proceeded with large-scale kamikaze attacks on Allied forces, costing huge casualties and just possibly provoking the Americans to drop a third atomic bomb on Japan over Tokyo-and continue to drop more bombs as Japanese resistance stiffened. Meanwhile, in the midst of an "end-of-war" celebration on Guam, Air Force radio operator Jim Smith and his fellow crewmen received urgent orders for a bombing mission over Japan's sole remaining oil refinery north of Tokyo. As a stream of American B-29B bombers approached Tokyo, Japanese air defenses, fearing the approaching planes signaled the threat of a third atomic bomb, ordered a total blackout in Tokyo and the Imperial Palace, completely disrupting the rebels' plans. Smith and his fellow crewmembers completed the mission, and a few hours later, the Emperor announced the surrender over Japan's airwaves, dictating the end of the war. THE LAST MISSION is an insightful piece of speculative investigation that combines narrative storytelling with historical contingency and explores how two seemingly unrelated events could have profoundly changed the course of modern history. Fine (previous owner's blind stamp on bottom of half-title page, else as new), in fine, mylar-protected dust jacket. NF47.…

Condition: very good, good. First Edition. First Printing. 25 cm, 346, illus., map, references, index, front DJ scratched. Expanded and revised version of Jim B. Smith's first-person account: The Last Mission, 1995. History of the last U.S. bombing mission over Japan which may have inadvertently disrupted a military coup against Emperor Hirohito aimed at keeping Japan in the war. Smith was a radio operator at the B-29B base on Guam which launched the raid.…

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. 346 pages. Illustrated, map.