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Death is Lighter Than a Feather Paperback - 1995

by David Westheimer; Afterword by John R. Skates

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On May 25, 1945, while American and Japanese forces on Okinawa were locked in bitter struggle, the U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff sent out plans for an amphibious invasion which would subjugate Japan. "Operation Olympic" was to seize Kyushu, while "Operation Coronet" was to strike directly against the Tokyo area.

Westheimer's meticulously researched novel about this plan startled readers in the 1970s.

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  • Title Death is Lighter Than a Feather
  • Author David Westheimer; Afterword by John R. Skates
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition First Thus
  • Pages 388
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher University of North Texas Press, Denton, Texas, U.S.A.
  • Publication date 1995-01-01
  • Illustrated Yes
  • Features Illustrated, Maps
  • ISBN 9780929398907 / 0929398904
  • Weight 1.43 lbs (0.65 kg)
  • Dimensions 8.88 x 6.18 x 1.08 in (22.56 x 15.70 x 2.74 cm)
  • Themes
    • Chronological Period: 1940's
    • Chronological Period: 1900-1949
  • Category Fiction - Historical
  • Library of Congress subjects War stories, World War, 1939-1945 - Fiction
  • Library of Congress Catalogue Number 94043781
  • Dewey Decimal Code FIC

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  • Publishers Weekly, 02/06/1995, Page 0

About the author

DAVID WESTHEIMER authored fifteen novels and a non-fiction World War II POW memoir. A retired Lieutenant Colonel, recipient of an Air Medal and Distinguished Flying Cross, he was a graduate of Rice Institute. He lived with wife Dody in Los Angeles.
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