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Cataclysm : General Hap Arnold and the defeat of Japan /

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Wolk, Herman S., 1931-2010
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Denton : University of North Texas Press, [2010]
Subjects:
Arnold, Henry Harley, > 1886-1950.
Arnold, Henry Harley, > 1886-1950 > Military leadership.
Bombing, Aerial > Japan > History > 20th century.
B-29 (Bomber)
World War, 1939-1945 > Aerial operations, American.
United States. > Army Air Forces. > Air Force, 20th > History > 20th century.
Air power > United States.
Bombing, Aerial > History > 20th century > Japan.
Table of 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?