Target Tokyo Jimmy Doolittle and the Raid That Avenged Pearl Harbor
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Biografisk notat
James M. Scott is a Pulitzer Prize finalist and author of Black Snow, Rampage, Target Tokyo, The War Below, and The Attack on the Liberty, and coauthor with Jack Carr of Targeted: Beirut. He lives in Charleston, South Carolina.Target Tokyo Jimmy Doolittle and the Raid That Avenged Pearl Harbor
"Gripping, compulsively readable…will have great appeal to anyone with even a passing interest in the Second World War."
- Terry Hartle - Christian Science Monitor,
"Vividly narrates the saga…Scott uses original, almost untapped sources and carefully balances praise for the 80 airmen’s valor and a sober appraisal of the terrible costs."
- Alexander Rose - Wall Street Journal,
"Scott’s tight prose and meticulous research provide a gripping and at times heartbreaking account of the raid."
- Bob Carden - Philadelphia Inquirer,
"The Doolittle raid and its effects need to be remembered; Target Tokyo will make them hard to forget."
- Ray Locker - USA Today,
"Scott is an agile writer who offers strong portraits of key figures such as Doolittle. And his immense amount of research enabled him to produce a book that appeals not just to military buffs, but to a much broader audience."
- Hal Bernton - Seattle Times,
"[A] breakthrough work of popular history."
- Michael Giltz - Huffington Post,
"A fantastic story fantastically told."
- Charleston Mercury,
"Filled with thrilling heroism and sacrifice, Target Tokyo is the definitive account of the amazing Doolittle raid."
- Chris Patsilelis - Tampa Bay Times,
"[A] brilliant tale of adventure and bravery…The telling is fresh and packs a wallop that puts it up with the best of World War II combat stories."
- Edward Cuddihy - Buffalo News,
"A terrific story and a cracking good read."
- Ian Toll, author of Pacific Crucible, War at Sea in the Pacific, 1941-1942,
"One of the most incredible accounts of American military valor I've ever read."
- Pat Conroy,
"The Doolittle raid on Tokyo was one of the most impossible, daring, and consequential missions ever taken by American military men, and James Scott brings it back to the reader with you-are-there immediacy and drama. Filled with great characters, great heroism, and great suffering, Target Tokyo is at once thorough, realistic, and thrilling."
- Evan Thomas, author of Sea of Thunder and Ike's Bluff,
Praise for Targeted: Beirut by Jack Carr and James M. Scott
"Jack Carr has teamed up with Pulitzer Prize finalist and historian James M. Scott to produce a gripping non-fiction book on the horrors of the 1983 bombing of the Marine Barracks in Beirut, Lebanon that killed 241 servicemen."
— John Stryker Meyer, MACV-SOG special operations Vietnam veteran and bestselling author of Across the Fence
"Hats off to Jack Carr and James Scott for a brilliantly written, analytically crisp, and deeply heartfelt rendition of a dark chapter in American military history."
— Admiral James Stavridis, U.S. Navy (ret.), New York Times bestselling author of 2034 and Sea Power
"Jack Carr and James Scott have written a historical masterpiece."
— Samuel Katz, New York Times bestselling author of The Ghost Warriors and No Shadows in the Desert
"Jack Carr and James M. Scott will reshape your understanding of the entire war on terror with this breathtaking book that foreshadows 9/11, Afghanistan, and Iraq."
— Craig Whitlock, #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Afghanistan Papers and Fat Leonard
"Carr and Scott kill it."
— Brad Meltzer, #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Nazi Conspiracy
"Thank you, Jack Carr and James M. Scott."
— Steven Pressfield, bestselling author of Gates of Fire and The Lion's Gate
"Carr and Scott deliver on every page."
— Elliot Ackerman, New York Times bestselling author of The Fifth Act: America’s End in Afghanistan
"Jack Carr, writing with James M. Scott, uses his masterful storytelling gift to deconstruct the time in a deeply personal, human and gripping fashion."
— Douglas London, Career CIA Operations Officer, Middle East expert and author of The Recruiter: Spying and the Lost Art of American Intelligence
"Carr and Scott take us straight back to a dreadful flashpoint in modern Middle Eastern history, showing us how it presaged so much of the geopolitical strife that would follow."
— Hampton Sides, New York Times bestselling author Ghost Soldiers, On Desperate Ground, and The Wide Wide Sea
"Carr and Scott sharpen our understanding of the forces driving much of this drama and the effect is engrossing, making this book very hard to put down."
— Doug Stanton, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Horse Soldiers and In Harm’s Way
"A tour de force born from the partnership of two of our generation's most outstanding writers and historians: Jack Carr and James M. Scott."
— John Bruning, author of Race of Aces and Indestructible
"A groundbreaking, utterly compulsive read."
— Alex Kershaw, New York Times bestselling author of Against All Odds and The Liberator
"Meticulously researched and packed with startling new information and profound conclusions."
— Andrew Roberts, author of Churchill: Walking with Destiny
"Gripping, compulsively readable…will have great appeal to anyone with even a passing interest in the Second World War."
- Terry Hartle - Christian Science Monitor,
"Vividly narrates the saga…Scott uses original, almost untapped sources and carefully balances praise for the 80 airmen’s valor and a sober appraisal of the terrible costs."
- Alexander Rose - Wall Street Journal,
"Scott’s tight prose and meticulous research provide a gripping and at times heartbreaking account of the raid."
- Bob Carden - Philadelphia Inquirer,
"The Doolittle raid and its effects need to be remembered; Target Tokyo will make them hard to forget."
- Ray Locker - USA Today,
"Scott is an agile writer who offers strong portraits of key figures such as Doolittle. And his immense amount of research enabled him to produce a book that appeals not just to military buffs, but to a much broader audience."
- Hal Bernton - Seattle Times,
"[A] breakthrough work of popular history."
- Michael Giltz - Huffington Post,
"A fantastic story fantastically told."
- Charleston Mercury,
"Filled with thrilling heroism and sacrifice, Target Tokyo is the definitive account of the amazing Doolittle raid."
- Chris Patsilelis - Tampa Bay Times,
"[A] brilliant tale of adventure and bravery…The telling is fresh and packs a wallop that puts it up with the best of World War II combat stories."
- Edward Cuddihy - Buffalo News,
"A terrific story and a cracking good read."
- Ian Toll, author of Pacific Crucible, War at Sea in the Pacific, 1941-1942,
"One of the most incredible accounts of American military valor I've ever read."
- Pat Conroy,
"The Doolittle raid on Tokyo was one of the most impossible, daring, and consequential missions ever taken by American military men, and James Scott brings it back to the reader with you-are-there immediacy and drama. Filled with great characters, great heroism, and great suffering, Target Tokyo is at once thorough, realistic, and thrilling."
- Evan Thomas, author of Sea of Thunder and Ike's Bluff,
Praise for Targeted: Beirut by Jack Carr and James M. Scott
"Jack Carr has teamed up with Pulitzer Prize finalist and historian James M. Scott to produce a gripping non-fiction book on the horrors of the 1983 bombing of the Marine Barracks in Beirut, Lebanon that killed 241 servicemen."
— John Stryker Meyer, MACV-SOG special operations Vietnam veteran and bestselling author of Across the Fence
"Hats off to Jack Carr and James Scott for a brilliantly written, analytically crisp, and deeply heartfelt rendition of a dark chapter in American military history."
— Admiral James Stavridis, U.S. Navy (ret.), New York Times bestselling author of 2034 and Sea Power
"Jack Carr and James Scott have written a historical masterpiece."
— Samuel Katz, New York Times bestselling author of The Ghost Warriors and No Shadows in the Desert
"Jack Carr and James M. Scott will reshape your understanding of the entire war on terror with this breathtaking book that foreshadows 9/11, Afghanistan, and Iraq."
— Craig Whitlock, #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Afghanistan Papers and Fat Leonard
"Carr and Scott kill it."
— Brad Meltzer, #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Nazi Conspiracy
"Thank you, Jack Carr and James M. Scott."
— Steven Pressfield, bestselling author of Gates of Fire and The Lion's Gate
"Carr and Scott deliver on every page."
— Elliot Ackerman, New York Times bestselling author of The Fifth Act: America’s End in Afghanistan
"Jack Carr, writing with James M. Scott, uses his masterful storytelling gift to deconstruct the time in a deeply personal, human and gripping fashion."
— Douglas London, Career CIA Operations Officer, Middle East expert and author of The Recruiter: Spying and the Lost Art of American Intelligence
"Carr and Scott take us straight back to a dreadful flashpoint in modern Middle Eastern history, showing us how it presaged so much of the geopolitical strife that would follow."
— Hampton Sides, New York Times bestselling author Ghost Soldiers, On Desperate Ground, and The Wide Wide Sea
"Carr and Scott sharpen our understanding of the forces driving much of this drama and the effect is engrossing, making this book very hard to put down."
— Doug Stanton, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Horse Soldiers and In Harm’s Way
"A tour de force born from the partnership of two of our generation's most outstanding writers and historians: Jack Carr and James M. Scott."
— John Bruning, author of Race of Aces and Indestructible
"A groundbreaking, utterly compulsive read."
— Alex Kershaw, New York Times bestselling author of Against All Odds and The Liberator
"Meticulously researched and packed with startling new information and profound conclusions."
— Andrew Roberts, author of Churchill: Walking with Destiny