Pearl Harbor : from infamy to greatness / Craig Nelson.

The America we live in was not born on July 4, 1776, but on December 7, 1941, when an armada of Japanese warplanes supported by aircraft carriers, destroyers, and midget submarines suddenly attacked the United States, killing 2,403 men and forcing America's entry into World War II. Author Craig Nels...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Nelson, Craig, 1955- (Author)
Language:	English
Published:	New York ; London ; Toronto : Scribner, [2016]
Edition:	First Scribner hardcover edition.
Subjects:	Pearl Harbor (Hawaii), Attack on, 1941. Atomic bomb > History. HISTORY > Military > World War II. HISTORY > Modern > 20th Century. Hawaii. Pearl Harbor (Oahu, Hawaii), Attack on, 1941. 1941
Physical Description:	x, 532 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
Format:	Book

Contents:

Dreadnoughts and holystones
The roads to war. Conceiving the inconceivable ; A sinister wind ; Autumn 1941 ; November ; December 6
Strike! From the air ; Pearl Harbor ; Describing the indescribable ; Infamy ; Resurrection
Victory. Vengeance ; Triumph ; Legacy
Appendix 1. Judgment and controversy
Appendix 2. The Medal of Honor.