Now that the details of the Doolittle raid on Japan are known (see below), the American people can add up the score:
>The surprise, the gallantry, the first blow at Tokyo gave American morale an enormous lift, when just such a lift was most needed.
>Jap morale suffered at first, stiffened in the long run (see p. 38).
> Militarily, the total effects were good for Japan, bad for the U.S. and her ally, China: 1) the scattered bombing did no important harm to Japanese industry; 2) the jolted Japs quickly reorganized their home...
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