Enola Gay: Mission to Hiroshima
<p><b>From the</b><b></b><i><b>New York Times</b></i><b>–</b><b>bestselling coauthors: A “fascinating . . . unrivaled” history of the B-29 and its fateful mission to drop the atomic bomb on Hiroshima (</b><i><b>The New York Times Book Review</b></i><b>).</b></p><br />  Painstakingly researched, the story behind the decision to send the <i>Enola Gay</i> to bomb Hiroshima is told through firsthand sources. From diplomatic moves behind the scenes to Japanese actions and the US Army Air Force’s call to action, no detail is left untold.<br />  <br /> Touching on the early days of the Manhattan Project and the first inkling of an atomic bomb, investigative journalist Gordon Thomas and his writing partner Max Morgan-Witts, take WWII enthusiasts through the training of the crew of the <i>Enola Gay</i> and the challenges faced by pilot Paul Tibbets.<br />  <br /> A page-turner that offers “minute-by-minute coverage of the critical periods” surrounding the mission, <i>Enola Gay</i> finally separates myth and reality from the planning of the flight to the moment over Hiroshima when the atomic age was born (<i>Library Journal</i>).<br /><br />