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Calculated Risk Spiral-Bound | 2022-04-12

Jonna Doolittle Hoppes Carroll V. Glines (Foreword by) Richard P. Hallion (Foreword by) Clarence E. “Bud” Anderson (Afterword by)

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Famous for leading the Doolittle (or Tokyo) Raid, America's first strike against Japan in World War II, Jimmy Doolittle led a remarkable life as an American pilot. This firsthand account by his granddaughter Jonna Doolittle Hoppes reveals an extraordinary individual:

• An aviation pioneer who was the first to fly across the United States in less than 24 hours and the first to fly "blind" (using only his plane's instruments).

• A barnstormer well known for aerobatics and a popular racing pilot who won every major air race at least once.

• Recipient of both the Congressional Medal of Honor and Presidential Medal of Freedom.

• A four-star general and commander of both the 8th, 12th, and 15th Air Forces.

• A scientist with a doctorate in aeronautical engineering from MIT.

Calculated Risk provides insights into the public and private world of Jimmy Doolittle and his family, and sheds light on the drives and motivation of one of America's most influential and ambitious aviators.

This updated edition contains a new foreword written by Richard P. Hallion, a new afterword written by Clarence E. "Bud" Anderson, and a new introduction by author Jonna Doolittle Hoppes.

Publisher: Ingram Publisher Services
Original Binding: Trade Paperback
Pages: 364 pages
ISBN-10: 1595801170
Item Weight: 1.1 lbs
Dimensions: 5.9 x 0.9 x 8.9 inches

Jonna Doolittle Hoppes is the granddaughter of Jimmy Doolittleand the author of Just Doing My Job: Stories of Service from WorldWar II (Santa Monica Press). She has taught classes at the United States Air Force base in Los Angeles and has written for suchmagazines as Smithsonian Air and Space, Air Force Magazine, andAir Power History. Hoppes is president of the Air Force HistoricalFoundation (founded by General Spaatz in 1953), and an advisorfor the Flying Tiger Foundation. She has spoken at the Madingley American Cemetery in England, the ROC Air Force Academyin Taiwan, the Smithsonian Air and Space Museum, the PritzkerMilitary Library, the Pacific aviation Museum at Ford Island inHawaii, the Udvar-Hazy Center in Virginia, as well as at the AirForce Academy in both the United States and England. She hasappeared in the television program Man, Moment, Machine, and inthe documentary From Vengeance to Forgiveness: Jake DeShazer's Extraordinary Journey. Hoppes lives in Huntington Beach, California.