Pearl Harbor : from infamy to greatness
Nelson, Craig, 1955-2018
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On 7 December 1941, an armada of 354 Japanese warplanes supported by aircraft carriers, destroyers and midget submarines launched a surprise attack on the United States, killing 2,403 people and forcing America's entry into the Second World War. 'Pearl Harbor' 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. In vivid prose Craig Nelson maps the road to war, beginning in 1914 with a young Franklin D. Roosevelt, the man who would become president, attending the laying of the keel of the USS Arizona at the Brooklyn Navy Yard. He also traces Japan's leaders as they lurch into ultranationalist fascism, culminating in their insanely daring yet militarily brilliant scheme to terrify America with one of the boldest attacks ever waged.
Main title:
Pearl Harbor : from infamy to greatness / Craig Nelson.
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Imprint:
London : Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 2018.
Collation:
x, 532 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (black and white) ; 20 cm
Notes:
Originally published: 2016.Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
9781474605656 (pbk)
Dewey class:
940.5'426693940.5426693
Language:
English
BRN:
2684865
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