The+Last+Mission

The Last Mission: Reviewed Authors Jim Smith and Malcolm McConnell document a moment which causes one to conclude: “what if” in their book The Last Mission. The book gives a comprehensive history of the last American bombing mission of World War II which inadvertently disrupts a Japanese coup aiming to stop the surrender of Japan. The book reads and flows like an action movie, with each chapter more interesting than the next, all culminating with the official announcement of Japanese surrender, leaving the reader as joyous as the American soldiers on the front lines. Although some of the authors claims may have been overblown, the book details the significance of one tiny event in history which causes the reader to really stop and think, “what if it didn’t happen?”

By Brendan Rahl