Pearl Harbor: FDR Leads the Nation Into War

Pearl Harbor: FDR Leads the Nation Into War
ISBN-10
0465021395
ISBN-13
9780465021390
Series
Pearl Harbor
Category
History
Pages
224
Language
English
Published
2011
Publisher
Basic Books (AZ)
Author
Steven M. Gillon

Description

Acclaimed historian Gillon provides a vivid, minute-by-minute account of Roosevelt's skillful leadership in the wake of the most devastating military assault in American history. "Pearl Harbor" explores the anxious and emotional events surrounding the attack on Pearl Harbor, showing how FDR and the American public responded in the pivotal 24 hours that followed.

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