Pearl Harbor: From Infamy to Greatness

Pearl Harbor: From Infamy to Greatness

â€œA valuable reexaminationâ€ (Booklist, starred review) of the event that changed twentieth-century Americaâ€”Pearl Harborâ€”based on years of research and new information uncovered by a New York Times bestselling author.

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, killing 2,403 menâ€”and forced Americaâ€™s entry into World War II. Pearl Harbor: From Infamy to Greatness follows the sailors, soldiers, pilots, diplomats, admirals, generals, emperor, and president as they engineer, fight, and react to this stunningly dramatic moment in world history.

Beginning in 1914, bestselling author Craig Nelson maps the road to war, when Franklin D. Roosevelt, then the Assistant Secretary of the Navy, attended the laying of the keel of the USS Arizona at the Brooklyn Navy Yard. Writing with vivid intimacy, Nelson traces Japanâ€™s leaders as they lurch into ultranationalist fascism, which culminates in their scheme to terrify America with one of the boldest attacks ever waged. Within seconds, the country would never be the same.

Backed by a research teamâ€™s five years of work, as well as Nelsonâ€™s thorough re-examination of the original evidence assembled by federal investigators, this page-turning and definitive work â€œweaves archival research, interviews, and personal experiences from both sides into a blow-by-blow narrative of destruction liberally sprinkled with individual heroism, bizarre escapes, and equally bizarre tragediesâ€ (Kirkus Reviews). Nelson delivers all the terror, chaos, violence, tragedy, and heroism of the attack in stunning detail, and offers surprising conclusions about the tragedyâ€™s unforeseen and resonant consequences that linger even today.
Country USA
Brand SCRIBNER
Manufacturer Scribner
Binding Paperback
ItemPartNumber 9781451660500
ReleaseDate 2017-08-01
UnitCount 1
EANs 9781451660500

Country	USA
Brand	SCRIBNER
Manufacturer	Scribner
Binding	Paperback
ItemPartNumber	9781451660500
ReleaseDate	2017-08-01
UnitCount	1
EANs	9781451660500

Pearl Harbor: From Infamy to Greatness

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