{"product_id":"last-mission-to-tokyo-the-extraordinary-story-of-the-doolittle-raiders-and-their-final-fight-for-justice-9781501104732","title":"Last Mission to Tokyo: The Extraordinary Story of the Doolittle Raiders and Their Final Fight for Justice","description":"\u003cb\u003eMichel Paradis's\u003ci\u003e Last Mission to Tokyo\u003c\/i\u003e, a \"superb\" (\u003ci\u003eThe Wall Street Journal\u003c\/i\u003e) and \"engrossing...richly researched\" (\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e) account of a key but underreported moment in World War II: The Doolittle Raids and the international war crimes trial in 1945 that defined the Japanese-American relations and changed legal history.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn 1942, freshly humiliated from the attack on Pearl Harbor, the United States was in search of a plan. President Roosevelt, determined to show the world that our nation would not be intimidated or defeated by enemy powers, demanded recommendations for a show of strength. Jimmy Doolittle, a stunt pilot with a doctorate from MIT, came forward and led eighty young men, gathered together from the far-flung corners of Depression-era America, on a seemingly impossible mission across the Pacific. Sixteen planes in all, they only had enough fuel for a one-way trip. Together, the Raiders, as they were called, did what no one had successfully done for more than a thousand years. They struck the mainland of Japan and permanently turned the tide of the war in the Pacific. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAlmost immediately, The Doolittle Raid captured the public imagination, and has remained a seminal moment in World War II history, but the heroism and bravery of the mission is only half the story. In \u003ci\u003eLast Mission to Tokyo\u003c\/i\u003e, Michel Paradis reveals the dramatic aftermath of the mission, which involved two lost crews captured, tried, and tortured at the hands of the Japanese, a dramatic rescue of the survivors in the last weeks of World War II, and an international manhunt and trial led by two dynamic and opposing young lawyers--in which both the United States and Japan accused the other of war crimes--that would change the face of our legal and military history. Perfect for fans of \u003ci\u003eLucky 666 \u003c\/i\u003eand\u003ci\u003e Nuremberg: Infamy on Trial\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eLast Mission to Tokyo \u003c\/i\u003eis an unforgettable war story-meets-courtroom-drama that \"captures the reader with the first sentence and never lets go\" (John Grisham).\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Simon \u0026amp; Schuster\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/08\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781501104732\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 480","brand":"Michel Paradis","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":39956146421941,"sku":"9781501104732","price":15.3,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_a790ee23-75d3-4af2-8509-3b8b5ad5211b.jpg?v=1620219056","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/last-mission-to-tokyo-the-extraordinary-story-of-the-doolittle-raiders-and-their-final-fight-for-justice-9781501104732","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}