TARGET TOKYO: Full Story of the Halsey-Doolittle Raid by James M. Merrill. GOOD++ First Edition stated, 2d printing hardcover, 1966. The story of the famous Doolittle Raid of 18 April 1942. With the Japanese bombing of Pearl Harbor on 7 December 1941, the Japanese believed that the war was essentially over, since surely The Americans could not recover from such horrific losses. The Japan Times reported "With the imminent fall of Corregidor, the entire waters of the south-western Pacific will become an exclusive lake for the Japanese Navy, and all American and British Warships will be completely shut out. ... With the loses of their naval bases in these parts of the world, warships of the United States and Great Britain have been made into inglorious baseless vagabonds of the high seas. .... Most of them have been sent to the bottom by Japanese warships which have swept Anglo-American ships clean of these waters." Actually, this was almost true. To restore American confidence, Admiral Halsey planned and President Franklin Roosevelt approved of a bombing raid on Tokyo. Using newly declassified Air Force records, this is the complete story.

GOOD++ First Edition stated, 2d printing hardcover, gently read with pages and edges clean and unmarked. Hardboards show minor abrasions to edges with printed name of previous owner at left vertical edge of inside front hardboard. Binding tight. Jacket shows considerable damage as scanned. Book would grade very good with a better jacket. Not price clipped. Not a remainder. 5.75" x 8.75." Photos, appendix, and text. 208 pgs.