Styles mentions in his preface that no book is perfect and he apologizes for any typos, stating "There are people whose pleasure comes from searching out mistakes in the published word. The book ends with 100 pages of appendices, detailing people, ships, planes, units, etc., although many of these are also irrelevant to the book (the Japanese battleship Haruna is discussed and is not mentioned anywhere else) and, like the rest of the work, are fairly dry.
Similarly, he quotes some sources verbatim (Roosevelt's declaration of war, for example) but paraphrases interesting stories from Doolittle and Tibbets' past. Styles includes a ton of illustrations and pictures, which take up a lot of the book and in many cases are irrelevant (there's a picture of Stockton Airport, CA even though it's not at all mentioned in the text). The book is ostensibly organized chronologically with a history of why Japan went to war, Doolittle's biography, the raid, his connections with Tibbets, Tibbets' biography, and the dropping of the atomic bombs on Japan. Styles includes a ton of illustrations and pictures, which take up a lot of the book and in many cases are irrelevant (there's a picture of Stockton Airport, CA even though it's not at all mentioned i This book was terribly disorganized, had a number of typos, and was pretty dry. This book was terribly disorganized, had a number of typos, and was pretty dry.
When it was deemed necessary to drop the atomic bomb, it was Doolittle who put forward his 12th Air Force comrade Paul Tibbets, the pilot who flew the Enola Gay with its deadly cargo to Hiroshima. This book presents the fascinating story of these significant air attacks connected by one man, and reveals why they were developed apart from the main Allied strategy and how the pilots were selected for their missions.more Lieutenant Colonel Jimmy Doolittle was the leader of the Doolittle Raid in which 16 B-25 bombs struck at Tokyo and neighboring cities, forcing the withdrawal of Japanese troops-the outcome was that the Allies never lost another battle all the way to Japan. The only such attacks on Japan that were not part of the overall battle plan, they changed the course of human history, and one man was involved in both actions. launched two air attacks that would secure victory and peace, but at a terrible cost. As World War II drew to a close, the U.S. The story of the Doolittle Raid and Hiroshima-two air attacks that changed the world, with new interviews with Doolittle Raid veterans Using extensive research and previously unpublished information, this is an account of events that transformed combat, as the long-range bomber emerged as the most important strategic strike tool in modern warfare, and changed the political The story of the Doolittle Raid and Hiroshima-two air attacks that changed the world, with new interviews with Doolittle Raid veterans Using extensive research and previously unpublished information, this is an account of events that transformed combat, as the long-range bomber emerged as the most important strategic strike tool in modern warfare, and changed the political landscape of the 20th century.