LEADER 02860oam 22006854a 450 001 9910956478203321 005 20250218203057.0 010 $a9780803256675 010 $a0803256671 010 $a9780803256682 010 $a080325668X 035 $a(CKB)3710000000230194 035 $a(EBL)1780099 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001335532 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11874739 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001335532 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)11287019 035 $a(PQKB)10407550 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1780099 035 $a(OCoLC)890716920 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse35687 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC6866025 035 $a(Perlego)4519061 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000000230194 100 $a20140630d2014 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aFu-go$eThe Curious History of Japan's Balloon Bomb Attack on America /$fRoss Coen 210 $cBison Books$d2022 210 1$aLincoln, NB :$cUniversity of Nebraska Press,$d[2014] 210 3$aBaltimore, Md. :$cProject MUSE,$d2014 210 4$dİ[2014] 215 $a1 online resource (430 p.) 225 0 $aStudies in war, society, and the military 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 08$a9781322111049 311 08$a1322111049 311 08$a9780803249660 311 08$a0803249667 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aPaper -- Thermopolis -- Alturas -- BW -- Alaska -- Defense -- Canada -- Censorship -- Summer -- Epilogue -- Appendix: Maps and table of fu-go incidents. 330 $aNear the end of World War II, in an attempt to attack the United States mainland, Japan launched its fu-go campaign, deploying thousands of high-altitude hydrogen balloons armed with incendiary and high-explosive bombs designed to follow the westerly winds of the upper atmosphere and drift to the west coast of North America. After reaching the mainland, these fu-go, the Japanese hoped, would terrorize American citizens and ignite devastating forest fires across the western states, ultimately causing the United States to divert wartime resources to deal with the domestic crisis. While the fu-go 410 0$aStudies in war, society, and the military. 606 $aWorld War, 1939-1945$xBalloons$zWest (U.S.) 606 $aWorld War, 1939-1945$xAerial operations, Japanese 607 $aWest (U.S.)$xHistory, Military 607 $aWest (U.S.)$xHistory$y1890-1945 615 0$aWorld War, 1939-1945$xBalloons 615 0$aWorld War, 1939-1945$xAerial operations, Japanese. 676 $a940.54/28 700 $aCoen$b Ross Allen$01788669 801 0$bMdBmJHUP 801 1$bMdBmJHUP 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910956478203321 996 $aFu-go$94323798 997 $aUNINA