| Edition |
First edition. |
| Description |
xvi, 430 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm |
| Summary |
"...[a] narrative account of the top-secret U.S. mission to kill Isoroku Yamamoto, the Japanese commander who masterminded Pearl Harbor."-- Publisher marketing. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 395-416) and index. |
| Contents |
Author's note -- Foreword by Rex Barber Jr. and Rex Barber III -- Prologue -- Cauldron -- The twilight -- Down but never out -- Shoestring -- The American toe -- Borrowed lives -- Magnificent courage -- At any cost -- Sharks and dolphins -- The eight-fingered samurai -- Vengeance -- Dominoes -- Epilogue. |
| Subject |
Operation Vengeance, 1943.
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Yamamoto, Isoroku, 1884-1943 -- Assassination.
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World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Solomon Islands.
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World War, 1939-1945 -- Aerial operations, American.
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Air pilots -- United States.
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| ISBN |
9780062938091 (hbk.) |
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0062938096 (hbk.) |
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