LIGHTNING OVER BOUGAINVILLE (SMITHSONIAN HISTORY OF AVIATION AND SPACEFLIGHT SERIES)Based on a retrospective at the Admiral Nimitz Museum in Texas, this volume marshals the recollections of American and Japanese aviators and the thoughts of academics to address the military, political, ethical, and historical issues of the famous and controversial wartime special operation that saw the US Air Force intercept and shoot down a bomber carrying the commander in chief of the Japanese Combined Fleet. Annotation copyright Book News, Inc.