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Last mission to Tokyo the extraordinary story of the Doolittle Raiders and their final fight for justice

A narrative account of the Doolittle Raids of World War II traces the daring Raiders attack on mainland Japan, the fate of the crews who survived the mission, and the international war crimes trials that defined Japanese-American relations and changed legal history.

Main Author: Paradis, Michel (Lawyer) (Author)
Format: Books Print Book
Language: English
Published: New York : Simon & Schuster, 2020.
Edition: First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition.
Subjects:
World War, 1939-1945 > Prisoners and prisons, American.
World War, 1939-1945 > Atrocities > Japan.
War crimes > Japan.
War crime trials > China > Shanghai.
Tokyo (Japan) > History > Bombardment, 1942.
Summary: A narrative account of the Doolittle Raids of World War II traces the daring Raiders attack on mainland Japan, the fate of the crews who survived the mission, and the international war crimes trials that defined Japanese-American relations and changed legal history.
Physical Description: 469 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm
Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references (pages 351-445) and index.
ISBN: 9781501104718
1501104713
Author Notes: Michel Paradis is a leading scholar and lawyer of international law and human rights. He has won high-profile cases in courts around the globe and worked for over a decade with the US Department of Defense, Military Commissions Defense Organization, where he led many of the landmark court cases to arise out of Guantanamo Bay. He also holds the position of Lecturer at Columbia Law School, where he teaches on the military, the constitution, and the law of war. He has appeared on or written for NPR, MSNBC, The New York Times, The Washington Post , The Wall Street Journal , Foreign Policy , Lawfare , America , The Intercept , and the late Weekly Standard . He lives with his wife, daughters, and yorkie in Manhattan.

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