{"product_id":"9780425274187","title":"Hit the Target: Eight Men who Led The Eighth Air Force to Victory over the Luftwaffe","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=\"\"\u003eYenne, Bill\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\u003eDutton Caliber\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\u003e7\/5\/2016\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\u003cb\u003eFrom Bill Yenne, author of the military histories \u003ci\u003eBig Week \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eAces High\u003c\/i\u003e, comes the stirring true story of the Eighth Air Force in World War II. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBarely a month after the attack on Pearl Harbor, the U.S. Army formed its Eighth Air Force, the first bomber command on either side to commit to strategic daylight bombing, with the goal of defeating the Third Reich from the air. The men of the Eighth paid the price in both lives and blood. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eHit the Target \u003c\/i\u003eintroduces readers to those who made the Eighth Air Force the formidable juggernaut it soon became. Men of all ranks, from General Tooey Spaatz, the hard-driving founding commander, to Colonel Jimmy Doolittle, the hero who led the first air raid on Japan, to Maynard “Snuffy” Smith, the irascible first airman in Europe to be awarded the Medal of Honor. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe story of the Mighty Eighth is told through these men, whose careers paralleled the early history of aviation and who helped to revolutionize airborne warfare and win World War II.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eINCLUDES PHOTOS\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Bill Yenne scores another bull’s-eye with Hit the Target...This is a story everyone should know.”—Robert Bruce Arnold is the co-author of \u003ci\u003eWilderness of Tigers, A Novel of Saigon\u003c\/i\u003e and grandson of the Air Force’s only Five Star General, Hap Arnold\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“The story of the mighty United States Eighth Air Force is one for the ages.”—Brian Sobel, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Fighting Pattons\u003c\/i\u003e","brand":"Dutton Caliber","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45555468763391,"sku":"9780425274187","price":27.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0452\/0886\/2873\/files\/9780425274187_s600x595.jpg?v=1777307321","url":"https:\/\/massivebookshop.com\/de\/products\/9780425274187","provider":"MASSIVE BOOKSHOP","version":"1.0","type":"link"}