Whirlwind 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 1942 to the atomic ...Whirlwind 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 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 overthousands of miles of ocean, as well as of the generalsand admirals who commanded them.whether describing the experiences of bomber crews based in China or the marianas, fighter pilotson iwo jima, or carrier aviators at sea, tillman provides vivid details of the lives of the fliers and their support personnel.