Cataclysm : General Hap Arnold and the defeat of Japan / Herman S. Wolk

Author: Wolk, Herman S., 1931-2010
Published: Denton, Tex. : University of North Texas Press, [2010]
Copyright Date: ©2010
Physical Description: xii, 300 pages, 25 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm

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Contents

Roosevelt and Arnold -- Planning for the defeat of Japan -- Arnold forms the Twentieth Air Force -- Arnold places LeMay in command -- June 1945: a meeting at the White House -- Arnold, Potsdam, and the atomic bomb -- Who was Hap Arnold?

Subject(s)

Arnold, Henry Harley, 1886-1950
Arnold, Henry Harley, 1886-1950—Military leadership
United States. Army Air Forces. Air Force, 20th—History—20th century
Bombing, Aerial—Japan—History—20th century
B-29 (Bomber)
World War, 1939-1945—Aerial operations, American
Air power—United States

ISBN

9781574412819 (cloth : alk. paper)
1574412817 (cloth : alk. paper)

Bibliography Note

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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