Whirlwind is the first book to tell the complete, story of the Allied air war against Japan. From the audacious Doolittle raid in 1942 to the atomic bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in 1945, award-winning historian Barrett Tillman recounts the saga from the perspectives of American and British aircrews who flew unprecedented missions over thousands of miles of ocean, as well as of the generals and admirals who commanded them.

Before the beginning -- China skies -- From the South -- From the sea -- Firestorm -- Pacific ponies -- The Harbor war -- "A most cruel bomb" -- Legacy.