An Elegant Defense: The Extraordinary New Science of the Immune System: A Tale in Four Lives Last Mission to Tokyo is

Last Mission to Tokyo is a thrilling war story meets courtroom drama that also offers a deep dive into the Japanese perspective that fans of Clint Eastwood's Letters from Iwo Jima and John Dower's Embracing Defeat  will find fascinating

and an online appendix with additional photos

With startling wisdom and humor

one so scandalous it could destroy their perfect love story

Jimmy Doolittle

An Elegant Defense: The Extraordinary New Science of the Immune System: A Tale in Four Lives Last Mission to Tokyo isA deeply reported and entertainingly written exploration of the human immune system and how it works. USA Today National Bestseller * The essential book to read to understand your immune system during the coronavirus (COVID 19) pandemic The Pulitzer Prizewinning New York Times journalist "explicates for the lay reader the intricate biology of our immune system" (Jerome Groopman, MD, New York Review of Books) New York Times science reporter Matt