Enola Gay

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Summary: WELL-RESEARCHED AND ACTION PACKED...............
Review: I READ "ENOLA GAY" SHORTLY AFTER AFTER IT'S PUBLICATION IN 1977,AND THE YEARS HAVEN'T LESSENED THE IMPACT OF IT'S MESSAGE,ESPECIALLY IN LIGHT OF CURRENT EVENTS.....BRAVE,RESOLUTE PEOPLE,STRIVING TO DO MIGHTY THINGS,CAN ACCOMPLISH THEM(IN THIS CASE,FINALLY ENDING A LONG,BLOODY WAR)THE BOOK PORTRAYS THE HUMANITY OF THE PEOPLE ON BOTH THE AMERICAN AND JAPANESE SIDES,WHILE ALSO SHOWING THE DEVOTION TO DUTY AND HONOR THAT BOTH POSESSED IN LARGE QUANTITIES IN WW2.MANY PEOPLE HAVE CRITICIZED HARRY TRUMAN,COL.TIBBETS AND HIS CREW FOR DROPPING THE BOMB,BUT THIS BOOK SHOWS THEIR ACTION TO BE JUSTIFIED.THOMAS AND WITT'S BOOK IS A FINE TRIBUTE TO BOTH NATIONS,AS THEY FINALLY ENDED THEIR LONG STRUGGLE AND BECAME ALLIES.