{"product_id":"black-snow-by-james-m-scott-9781324074601","title":"Black Snow","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSeven minutes past midnight on March 10, 1945, nearly 300 American B-29s thundered into the skies over Tokyo. Their payloads of incendiaries ignited a firestorm that reached up to 2,800 degrees, liquefying asphalt and vaporizing thousands; sixteen square miles of the city were flattened and more than 100,000 men, women, and children were killed.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eBlack Snow\u003c\/em\u003e is the story of this devastating operation, orchestrated by Major General Curtis LeMay, who famously remarked: \"If we lose the war, we'll be tried as war criminals.\" James M. Scott reconstructs in granular detail that horrific night and describes the development of the B-29, the capture of the Marianas for use as airfields, and the change in strategy from high-altitude daylight \"precision\" bombing to low-altitude nighttime incendiary bombing. Most importantly, the raid represented a significant moral shift for America, marking the first time commanders deliberately targeted civilians, which helped pave the way for the atomic bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki five months later.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eDrawing on first-person interviews with American pilots and bombardiers, Japanese survivors, air force archives, and oral histories never before published in English, Scott delivers a harrowing and gripping account, and his most important and compelling work to date.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Unknown","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47071820513516,"sku":"9781324074601","price":41.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/11430403482659.jpg?v=1765053679","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.live\/products\/black-snow-by-james-m-scott-9781324074601","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}