Pre-Owned Blossoming Silk Against the Rising Sun: U.S. and Japanese Paratroopers at War in the Pacific in World War II (Paperback) 0811706575 9780811706575

9780811706575. Pre-Owned: Good condition. Trade paperback. Language: English. Pages: 384. Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 384 p. Contains: Unspecified, Halftones, black & white, Maps. Stackpole Military History. From the attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941, through Japan's surrender in September 1945, the Americans and Japanese conducted a total of twelve combat parachute drops in the Pacific theatre of World War II, seven by the U.S. and five by Japan. Filling a glaring gap in the historical record of the war and relying largely on the words of the participants, Gene Eric Salecker recounts all twelve drops, placing each in the context of the campaign, explaining why each succeeded or failed, and highlighting the courage and esprit de corps of paratroopers on both sides. About the Author Gene Eric Salecker is also the author of Rolling Thunder against the Rising Sun.