{"product_id":"9780062448538","title":"Dead Reckoning: The Story of How Johnny Mitchell and His Fighter Pilots Took on Admiral Yamamoto and Avenged Pearl Harbor","description":"\u003ctable\u003e\u003ctbody\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor\/Contributor(s):\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003eLehr, Dick\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eHarper Paperbacks\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDate:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e6\/29\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBinding:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003ePaperback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCondition:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003eNEW\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/tbody\u003e\u003c\/table\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe definitive and dramatic account of what became known as\u003cbr\u003e\"Operation Vengeance\" -- the targeted kill by U.S. fighter pilots of Japan's\u003cbr\u003elarger-than-life military icon, Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto, the naval genius who\u003cbr\u003ehad devised the devastating attack on Pearl Harbor.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e “AIR RAID, PEARL HARBOR. THIS IS NO DRILL.” At\u003cbr\u003e7:58 a.m. on December 7, 1941, an officer at the Ford Island Command Center\u003cbr\u003etyped what would become one of the most famous radio dispatches in history, as\u003cbr\u003ethe Japanese navy launched a surprise aerial assault on U.S. bases on Hawaii.\u003cbr\u003eIn a little over two hours, more than 2,400 Americans were dead, propelling the\u003cbr\u003eU.S.’s entry into World War II.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eDead Reckoning\u003c\/em\u003e is the epic true story of the high-stakes operation undertaken\u003cbr\u003esixteen months later to avenge that deadly strike – a longshot mission hatched\u003cbr\u003ehastily at the U.S. base on Guadalcanal. Expertly crafting this \"hunt for\u003cbr\u003eBin Laden\"-style WWII story, \u003cem\u003eNew\u003cbr\u003eYork Times\u003c\/em\u003e bestselling author Dick Lehr recreates the tension-filled events\u003cbr\u003eleading up to the climactic clash in the South Pacific skies – frontline moments\u003cbr\u003eloaded with xenophobia, spycraft, sacrifice and broken hearts.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Lehr goes behind\u003cbr\u003ethe scenes at Station Hypo on Hawaii, where U.S. Navy code breakers first discovered\u003cbr\u003eexactly where and when to find Admiral Yamamoto, on April 18, 1943, and then chronicles\u003cbr\u003ein dramatic detail the nerve-wracking mission to kill him. He focuses on Army\u003cbr\u003eAir Force Major John W. Mitchell, the ace fighter pilot from the tiny hamlet of\u003cbr\u003eEnid, Mississippi who was tasked with conceiving a flight route, literally to\u003cbr\u003ethe second, for the only U.S. fighter plane on Guadalcanal capable of reaching\u003cbr\u003eYamamoto hundreds of miles away – the new twin-engine P-38 Lightning with its\u003cbr\u003efabled “cone of fire.”\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGiven unprecedented\u003cbr\u003eaccess to Mitchell’s personal papers and hundreds of private letters, Lehr\u003cbr\u003ereveals for the first time the full story of Mitchell’s wartime exploits up to the\u003cbr\u003eface-off with Yamamoto, along with those of key American pilots Mitchell chose\u003cbr\u003efor the momentous mission: Rex Barber, Thomas Lanphier Jr., Besby Holmes, and\u003cbr\u003eRay Hine. The spotlight also shines on their enemy target –Admiral Yamamoto,\u003cbr\u003ethe enigmatic, charismatic commander in chief of Japan’s Combined Fleet, whose\u003cbr\u003ecomplicated feelings about the U.S.—he studied at Harvard—add rich complexity. In\u003cbr\u003ethis way \u003cem\u003eDead Reckoning \u003c\/em\u003eoffers at\u003cbr\u003eonce a fast-paced recounting of a crucial turning point in the Pacific war and keenly\u003cbr\u003edrawn portraits of its two main protagonists: Isoroku Yamamoto, the architect\u003cbr\u003eof Pearl Harbor, and John Mitchell, the architect of the Yamamoto’s demise.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eDead Reckoning\u003c\/em\u003e features\u003cbr\u003eblack-and-white photos throughout.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Harper Paperbacks","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46801409179903,"sku":"9780062448538","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0452\/0886\/2873\/files\/9780062448538_s600x595.jpg?v=1780334145","url":"https:\/\/massivebookshop.com\/de\/products\/9780062448538","provider":"MASSIVE BOOKSHOP","version":"1.0","type":"link"}