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UNINA990000358840403321 |
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Tewarson, Archibald |
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Research and development for a laboratory- scale flammability test method for cellular plastics / By Archibald Tewarsonand Francesco Tamanini |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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UNINA9910956478203321 |
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Autore |
Coen Ross Allen |
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Fu-go : The Curious History of Japan's Balloon Bomb Attack on America / / Ross Coen |
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Bison Books, 2022 |
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Lincoln, NB : , : University of Nebraska Press, , [2014] |
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Baltimore, Md. : , : Project MUSE, , 2014 |
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©[2014] |
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9780803256675 |
0803256671 |
9780803256682 |
080325668X |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (430 p.) |
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Studies in war, society, and the military |
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World War, 1939-1945 - Balloons - West (U.S.) |
World War, 1939-1945 - Aerial operations, Japanese |
West (U.S.) History, Military |
West (U.S.) History 1890-1945 |
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Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Paper -- Thermopolis -- Alturas -- BW -- Alaska -- Defense -- Canada -- Censorship -- Summer -- Epilogue -- Appendix: Maps and table of fu-go incidents. |
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Near the end of World War II, in an attempt to attack the United States mainland, Japan launched its fu-go campaign, deploying thousands of high-altitude hydrogen balloons armed with incendiary and high-explosive bombs designed to follow the westerly winds of the upper atmosphere and drift to the west coast of North America. After reaching the mainland, these fu-go, the Japanese hoped, would terrorize American citizens and ignite devastating forest fires across the western states, ultimately causing the United States to divert wartime resources to deal with the domestic crisis. While the fu-go |
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