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Fu-go : the curious history of Japan's balloon bomb attack on America / Ross Coen

Type de contenu
  • Texte
Type de médiation
  • sans médiation
Type de support
  • Volume
Titre(s)
  • Fu-go : the curious history of Japan's balloon bomb attack on America / Ross Coen
Auteur(s)
Publication
  • Lincoln (Neb.) [etc.] : University of Nebraska press
Date de copyright
  • C 2014
Description matérielle
  • 1 vol. (x-280 p.) : ill., cartes, portr., tabl., jaquette ill. ; 24 cm
Collection
  • Studies in war, society, and the military
ISBN
  • 978-0-8032-4966-0
  • 0-8032-4966-7
EAN
  • 9780803249660 rel.
Appartient à la collection
  • Studies in war, society, and the military 2691-9923
Autre variante du titre
  • [Curious history of Japan's balloon bomb attack on America.]
Classification décimale Dewey
  • 940.542 8
Note sur les bibliographies et les index
  • Bibliogr. p. 267-270. Notes bibliogr. Index
Note sur le contenu
  • Paper Thermopolis Alturas BW Alaska Defense Canada Censorship Summer Epilogue Appendix : Maps and table of fu-go incidents
Résumé ou extrait
  • La jaquette indique : "Near the end of World War II, in an attempt to attack the United States mainland, Japan launched its fu-go campaign, deploying thousands of high-altitude hydrogen balloons armed with incendiary and high-explosive bombs designed to follow the westerly winds of the upper atmosphere and drift to the west coast of North America. After reaching the mainland, these fu-go, the Japanese hoped, would terrorize American citizens and ignite devastating forest fires across the western states, ultimately causing the United States to divert wartime resources to deal with the domestic crisis. While the fu-go offensive proved to be a complete tactical failure, six Americans lost their lives when a discovered balloon exploded. Ross Coen provides a fascinating look into the obscure history of the fu-go campaign, from the Japanese schoolgirls who manufactured the balloons by hand to the generals in the U.S. War Department who developed defense procedures. The book delves into panic, propaganda, and media censorship in wartime. Fu-go is a compelling story of a little-known episode in our national history that unfolded virtually unseen."
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