Through extensive research and interviews with American and Japanese leaders, Gordon W. As intense and absorbing as a suspense novel, At Dawn We Slept is an unparalleled, exhaustive account of the Japanese bombing of Pearl Harbor that is widely regarded as the definitive assessment of the events surrounding one of the most daring and brilliant naval operations of all time. "The reader is bound to feel its power.It is impossible to forget such an account." -The New York Times Book Review " At Dawn We Slept is the definitive account of Pearl Harbor." -Chicago Sun-Timesįrom the Back Cover THE MONUMENTAL AND DEFINITIVE STUDY OF THE JAPANESE ATTACK ON PEARL HARBORĪt 7:53 A.M., December 7, 1941, America's national consciousness and confidence were rocked as the first wave of Japanese warplanes targeted the U.S. Prange has written a remarkable historical account of the assault that-sixty years later-America cannot forget. It is widely regarded as the definitive assessment of the events surrounding one of the most daring and brilliant naval operations of all time. As intense and absorbing as a suspense novel, At Dawn We Slept is the unparalleled and exhaustive account of the Japanese bombing of Pearl Harbor. 16 pages of photographs.īook Synopsis Revisit the definitive book on Pearl Harbor in advance of the 78th anniversary (December 7, 2019) of the "date which will live in infamy" At 7:53 a.m., December 7, 1941, America's national consciousness and confidence were rocked as the first wave of Japanese warplanes took aim at the U.S.
Based on 37 years of massive research and countless interviews, this is a landmark study written with the dramatic sweep of a martial epic.
About the Book The monumental history of Pearl Harbor that The New York Times called "impossible to forget"-now with a new chapter by Goldstein and Dillon.
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