Jim Smith

Praise for The Last Mission

'Fascinating...a breathtaking blend of memoir, investigative research and imagination'

Iris Chang, author of The Rape of Nanking

'Skillfully weaving personal and archival history, The Last Mission gives us a haunting glimpse of just how close we came to the brink of waging a final desperate war on Japanese soil'

Hampton Sides, author of Ghost Soldiers

'The Last Mission is an exciting, highly readable, minute-to-minute account of the last air raid on Tokyo, which, according to co-author Jim Smith, a participant in the attack, foiled a Japanese army attempt to prev ...

Dan Kurzman, author of Fatal Voyage

'Fascinating...a breathtaking blend of memoir, investigative research and imagination'

Iris Chang, author of The Rape of Nanking

'Skillfully weaving personal and archival history, The Last Mission gives us a haunting glimpse of just how close we came to the brink of waging a final desperate war on Japanese soil'

Hampton Sides, author of Ghost Soldiers

'The Last Mission is an exciting, highly readable, minute-to-minute account of the last air raid on Tokyo, which, according to co-author Jim Smith, a participant in the attack, foiled a Japanese army attempt to prev ...

Dan Kurzman, author of Fatal Voyage

'Fascinating...a breathtaking blend of memoir, investigative research and imagination'

Iris Chang, author of The Rape of Nanking

'Skillfully weaving personal and archival history, The Last Mission gives us a haunting glimpse of just how close we came to the brink of waging a final desperate war on Japanese soil'

Hampton Sides, author of Ghost Soldiers

'The Last Mission is an exciting, highly readable, minute-to-minute account of the last air raid on Tokyo, which, according to co-author Jim Smith, a participant in the attack, foiled a Japanese army attempt to prev ...

Dan Kurzman, author of Fatal Voyage