Broadway Books. Used - Good. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages. Broadway Books ISBN 0767907787 9780767907781 [US]

New York: Broadway Books, Date: 2002. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Bound in quarter tan cloth and black boards. 2002. Broadway Books ISBN 0767907787 9780767907781 [US]

Broadway Books, Date: 2002. Hardcover. Very Good. Former library book; May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed. 2002. Broadway Books ISBN 0767907787 9780767907781 [US]

Broadway, Date: 2002-08-15. Hardcover. Good. 2002. Broadway ISBN 0767907787 9780767907781 [US]

New York: Braodway Books, Date: 2002. (2002), 346pp, illus., light shelfwear to cover, slight edgewear to dj.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good -. 2002. Braodway Books ISBN 0767907787 9780767907781 [US]

New York: Broadway Books, Date: 2002. Account of the final American bombing mission of World War II and how it prevented a coup by War Minister Anami's elite staff that would have kept Japan in the war. 368pp. . 1st Printing. Hard Cover. Fine/DJ Fine. Large Octavo. 2002. Broadway Books ISBN 0767907787 9780767907781 [US]

This is an account of the last American bombing mission of the Second World War, and of how it prevented a military coup that, if successful, would have resulted in no Japanese surrender. Date: 2002. Broadway Books; publisher ISBN 0767907787 9780767907781 [US]

New York, N. Y., U.S.A.: Broadway Books, Date: 2002. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. A gripping account of the final American bombing mission of World War II and how it prevented a military coup that would have kept Japan in the war. How close did the Japanese come to not surrendering to Allied forces on August 15, 1945? The Last Mission explores this question through two previously neglected strands of late-World War II history, whose very interconnections could have caused a harrowing shift in the course of the postwar world. On the final night of the war, as Emperor Hirohito recorded a message of surrender for the Japanese people, a band of Japanese rebels, commanded by War Minister Anami's elite staff, burst into the palace. They had plotted a massive coup that aimed to destroy the recordings of the Imperial Rescript of surrender and issue false orders forged with the Emperor's seal commanding the widely dispersed Japanese military to continue the war. If this rebellion had succeeded, the military would have proceeded with large-scale kamikaze attacks on Allied forces, costing huge casualties and just possibly provoking the Americans to drop a third atomic bomb on Japan over Tokyo-and continue to drop more bombs as Japanese resistance stiffened. Meanwhile, in the midst of an "end-of-war" celebration on Guam, Air Force radio operator Jim Smith and his fellow crewmen received urgent ...

New York: Broadway Books, Date: 2002. First Edition. First Printing. very good, good. 25 cm, 346, illus., map, references, index, front DJ scratched. Expanded and revised version of Jim B. Smith's first-person account: The Last Mission, 1995. History of the last U.S. bombing mission over Japan which may have inadvertently disrupted a military coup against Emperor Hirohito aimed at keeping Japan in the war. Smith was a radio operator at the B-29B base on Guam which launched the raid. 2002. Broadway Books ISBN 0767907787 9780767907781 [US]

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U.S.A.: Broadway Books, Date: 2002. Book. Fine. Hardcover. Signed by Author(s). 1ST. Outstanding Copy - Signed - Best Wishes Always - By Jim Smith On The Title Page. First Edition, First Printing. Book Is In Fine Condition. Boards Are Clean, Not Bumped. Fore Edges Are Clean. Interior Is Clean And Legible. Not Remaindered. Dust Jacket Is In Very Good Plus Condition. Very Mild Wear Along The Edges. Some Scrapage To The Rear. Not Price Clipped. Dust Jacket Is Covered By Mylar Wrapper. Thanks And Enjoy.. 2002. Broadway Books ISBN 0767907787 9780767907781 [US]