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Balloon bomb attacks on North America : Japan's World War II assaults
- Title
- Balloon bomb attacks on North America : Japan's World War II assaults / Robert C. Mikesh.
- Author
- Mikesh, Robert C.
- Publication
- Fallbrook, CA : Aero Publishers, ©1982.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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| Text | Use in library | D792.J3 M49 1982 | Off-site |
Details
- Description
- v, 84 p. : ill.; 27 cm.
- Series Statement
- Smithsonian annals of flight ; no. 9.
- Uniform Title
- Japan's World War II balloon bomb attacks on North America
- Smithsonian annals of flight ; no. 9.
- Alternative Title
- Japan's World War II balloon bomb attacks on North America
- Subject
- Genre/Form
- History.
- Note
- Originally published: Japan's World War II balloon attacks on North America. Washington : Smithsonian Institution Press, 1973. (Smithsonian annals of flight ; no. 9)
- Includes index.
- Bibliography (note)
- Bibliography: p. 83.
- Contents
- Foreword -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- Origin and Development -- Transpacific Balloon -- American Reaction -- United States Military Countermeasures -- Propaganda -- Conclusion -- Appendixes : Detailed Description of A-Type Paper Balloon ; B-Type Rubberized-silk Balloon ; Hopper-Type Flight-control Apparatus ; Payload Ordnance ; Balloon Production ; Inflating and Launching ; Degree of Development ; War Casualties on United States Soil ; Other American Observations ; Chronology of Balloon-bomb Incidents -- Epilogue -- Bibliography -- Index.
- ISBN
- 0816839506
- 9780816839506
- LCCN
- 82018494
- OCLC
- ocm08866125
- 8866125
- SCSB-48768
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library