The America we live in today was born, not on July 4, 1776, but on December 7, 1941, when an armada of 354 Japanese warplanes supported by aircraft carriers, destroyers, and midget submarines suddenly and savagely attacked the United States ...
This account of the Pearl Harbor attack denies that the lack of preparation resulted from military negligence or a political plot
Beginning with the photo album of a former Japanese kamikaze pilot, which is reproduced in this volume, Nemerov transports the reader into a different world through his engagement with the photographs and the construction of a narrative ...
Explains how and why the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941, and how the resulting outrage catapulted the United States into World War II.
Detailed maps, primary sources, and stunning photographs bring alive pivotal days that literally changed the course of history.
The core of the book concerns the events of December 7, 1941, as seen through the eyes of participants, both American and Japanese, military and civilian.
A minute-by-minute account of the morning that brought America into World War II, by the New York Times–bestselling authors of At Dawn We Slept. When dawn broke over Hawaii on...
This is the dimension commonly missing in most other histories of Pearl Harbor, and it gives Melber the opportunity to provide a fuller, more definitive and authoritative account of the battle, its background and its consequences.
This beautiful guide includes maps, photos, history, profiles, and statistics that bring to life the events and people surrounding the attack on Pearl Harbor.
Emily S. Rosenberg's welcome book is about the history of the use of the powerful symbol of ‘Pearl Harbor,’ a symbol as enduring and haunting as the USSArizonaitself.