Review: Whirlwind: The Air War Against Japan, 1942-1945
User Review - Jason Fleming - GoodreadsBarrett Tillman's overview of the air war in the Pacific claims to be (and could very well be) the first comprehensive treatment of the subject in one book. He relies on various sources, including ... Read full review
Review: Whirlwind: The Air War Against Japan, 1942-1945
User Review - D. Jason - GoodreadsBarrett Tillman's overview of the air war in the Pacific claims to be (and could very well be) the first comprehensive treatment of the subject in one book. He relies on various sources, including ... Read full review
Review: Whirlwind: The Air War Against Japan, 1942-1945
User Review - Thomas - GoodreadsDisappointing in that it is long on salty details but short on insight. Though I enjoyed many of the stories, they didn't feel connected. Mr. Tillman has done an admirable job of logging events and ... Read full review
Review: Whirlwind: The Air War Against Japan, 1942-1945
User Review - João Martins - GoodreadsThis book offers a good, not overly in-depth account of the air war against Japan. It covers the B-29 program as deployed on the Asian mainland and on the Pacific islands. It also covers naval actions ... Read full review
Review: Whirlwind: The Air War Against Japan, 1942-1945
User Review - Lee - GoodreadsThe book was dominated by the story of the B-29 and I felt it somewhat glossed over all the other aspects of the air war. That being said I enjoyed learning about the development and deployment of the B-29 and learned a number of things I had not heard about before. All in all I enjoyed the book. Read full review
Review: Whirlwind: The Air War Against Japan, 1942-1945
User Review - Eddy Allen - GoodreadsWHIRLWIND is the first book to tell the complete, awe-inspiring story of the Allied air war against Japan--the most important strategic bombing campaign inhistory. From the audacious Doolittle raid in ... Read full review
Review: Whirlwind: The Air War Against Japan, 1942-1945
User Review - Pete - GoodreadsExcellent book on the Air War in the Pacific during World War II. I have little knowledge of the events in that Theater during the war but I am working to change that. The accounts presented in this ... Read full review
Review: Whirlwind: The Air War Against Japan, 1942-1945
User Review - Peter Fortune - GoodreadsWhirlwind: The Air War Against Japan – Barrett Tillman – 2010 This is a more scholarly work on the strategy and tactics of the Army and Navy air war in the Pacific. Not a page-turner, but a very satisfying broad view, with some anecdotes interspersed. Read full review
Review: Whirlwind: The Air War Against Japan, 1942-1945
User Review - Kirk Bower - GoodreadsInteresting accounts of bombing raids which many times are in the shadow of the European campaign and the Enola Gay. Read full review
Review: Whirlwind: The Air War Against Japan, 1942-1945
User Review - Kevin - GoodreadsWorld War II historians seemingly have analyzed the air war over Europe down to the last .50-caliber slug. From the British fighter heroes who won the Battle of Britain to the massive American ... Read full review
