It was the biggest gamble of World War II, but Lt. Co. "Jimmy" Doolittle's legendary bombing raid on Tokyo gave America the morale boost it needed in the wake of Pearl Harbor. This is the full story as told by the Doolittle Raiders' official historian. Carroll Glines is also the author of Attack on Yamamoto. Author: Carroll V. Glines has personally interviewed most of Doolittle's surviving raiders to produce this dramatic and autnetic story. He is the author of some 20 nonfiction books about flight as well as hundreds of articles. A former colonel and command pilot in the U.S. Air Force, Glines was editor of Air line Pilot magazine from 1971-1985, and until recently was editor of Professional Pilot magazine. 35 photos