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• List of Illustrations Foreword Acknowledgments Introduction
• 1. Paper2. Thermopolis
• 3. Alturas
• 4. BW
• 5. Alaska
• 6. Defense
• 7. Canada8. Censorship
• 9. Summer Epilogue
• Appendix: Maps and Table of Fu-go Incidents
• Notes
• Bibliography Index.
• (source: Nielsen Book Data)

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 offensive proved to be a complete tactical failure, six Americans lost their lives when a discovered balloon exploded. Ross Coen provides a fascinating look into the obscure history of the fu-go campaign, from the Japanese schoolgirls who manufactured the balloons by hand to the generals in the U.S. War Department who developed defense procedures. The book delves into panic, propaganda, and media censorship in wartime. Fu-go is a compelling story of a little-known episode in our national history that unfolded virtually unseen.
(source: Nielsen Book Data)

• List of Illustrations Foreword Acknowledgments Introduction
• 1. Paper2. Thermopolis
• 3. Alturas
• 4. BW
• 5. Alaska
• 6. Defense
• 7. Canada8. Censorship
• 9. Summer Epilogue
• Appendix: Maps and Table of Fu-go Incidents
• Notes
• Bibliography Index.
• (source: Nielsen Book Data)

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 offensive proved to be a complete tactical failure, six Americans lost their lives when a discovered balloon exploded. Ross Coen provides a fascinating look into the obscure history of the fu-go campaign, from the Japanese schoolgirls who manufactured the balloons by hand to the generals in the U.S. War Department who developed defense procedures. The book delves into panic, propaganda, and media censorship in wartime. Fu-go is a compelling story of a little-known episode in our national history that unfolded virtually unseen.
(source: Nielsen Book Data)

• Strike at Prudhoe Bay State no. 1
• No cream puff
• Submarines, blimps, trains, and ships
• "Bienvenu dans ces eaux. Welcome to Canadian waters"
• A floating laboratory
• In the passage
• Through the passage
• What did the Manhattan prove?
• Roundtrip
• Epilogue.

In 1969, an ice-breaking tanker, the SS Manhattan, was commissioned to transit the Northwest Passage in order to test the feasibility of an all-marine transportation system for Alaska North Slope crude oil. The Manhattan made two voyages to the North American Arctic and collected volumes of scientific data on ice conditions and the behavior of ships in ice. Although the Manhattan was the first commercial vessel to successfully navigate the Northwest Passage, the expedition ultimately demonstrated the impracticality of moving crude oil using ice-breaking ships. "Breaking Ice for Arctic Oil" details this historic voyage, establishing its significant impact on the future of marine traffic and resource development in the Arctic and setting the stage for the current oil crisis.
(source: Nielsen Book Data)

• Strike at Prudhoe Bay State no. 1
• No cream puff
• Submarines, blimps, trains, and ships
• "Bienvenu dans ces eaux. Welcome to Canadian waters"
• A floating laboratory
• In the passage
• Through the passage
• What did the Manhattan prove?
• Roundtrip
• Epilogue.

In 1969, an ice-breaking tanker, the SS Manhattan, was commissioned to transit the Northwest Passage in order to test the feasibility of an all-marine transportation system for Alaska North Slope crude oil. The Manhattan made two voyages to the North American Arctic and collected volumes of scientific data on ice conditions and the behavior of ships in ice. Although the Manhattan was the first commercial vessel to successfully navigate the Northwest Passage, the expedition ultimately demonstrated the impracticality of moving crude oil using ice-breaking ships. "Breaking Ice for Arctic Oil" details this historic voyage, establishing its significant impact on the future of marine traffic and resource development in the Arctic and setting the stage for the current oil crisis.
(source: Nielsen Book Data)