Cataclysm
Subtitle: General Hap Arnold and the defeat of Japan
By: Herman S. Wolk.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: University of North Texas Press
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Denton, Tex
Language: eng
Number of pages: 300
ISBN-13: 9781574412819
Subjects: Arnold, Henry Harley, -- 1886-1950; Arnold, Henry Harley, -- 1886-1950 -- Military leadership; United States. -- Army Air Forces. -- Air Force, 20th -- History -- 20th century; Bombing, Aerial -- History -- 20th century -- Japan; B-29 bomber; World War, 1939-1945 -- Aerial operations, American; Air power -- United States
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Roosevelt and Arnold; title: Planning for the defeat of Japan; title: Arnold forms the Twentieth Air Force; title: Arnold places Lemay in command; title: June 1945: a meeting at the White House; title: Arnold, Potsdam, and the atomic bomb; title: Who was Hap Arnold?; title: Notes; title: Glossary.