June 2012 | Pearl Harbor Date

Pacific Glory: A Novel Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)I'm biased as I have liked everything P.T. Deutermann has published, however, Pacific Glory was Deutermann on steroids. The historical novel genre was a departure from his usual mystery adventures but he produced an historically accurate romance adventure that though a bit mushy at times was fast paced...

Aviation Engineers Avenging Pearl Harbor Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)Who better to write a unit history then someone who honorably served in it during WWII. Author and Army veteran Bob George has preserved and captured the unit history of the old 864th Aviation Engineers in his book called "Aviation Engineers Avenging Pearl Harbor!". This book dispels the myth that all...

Day of Infamy : The Whole Story of Pearl Harbor Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)The full quote is "It is significant that despite the claims of air enthusiasts no battleship has yet been sunk by bombs."Those telling words appeared next to a photograph of the USS Arizona at sea and were printed in a US Army-Navy pamphlet dated 29 November 1941.Just 8 Days later the Japanese attacked...

The Pacific Appointment: Two Lives Met at Pearl Harbor Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)Stunning perspective from a man who researched his attacker. Stationed aboard the USS Tennessee, Boatman, put aside his rage after the war and found one of the pilots who bombed his ship. He tells of the paths both took in order that they make their appointment in the Pacific. Fascinating insight into...

Lest We Forget: Report of the Japanese Air Raid on Pearl Harbor Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)My uncle Gary Gibson co-wrote this book with his best friend in the late 80's. Both men passed away in 2002 but it is amazing that their book is listed on Amazon. I am sure they would both be proud. I was just a kid when they were putting all of this info together, but I remember it vividly. My birthday...

War in the Pacific: Pearl Harbor to Tokyo Bay Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)On 7 December 1941 the United States of America was attacked without warning or provocation. That event was a direct attack on the American Fleet based at Pearl Harbor. It was, as the president later stated; "A day which will live in infamy," and so it does.Unfortunately for the Japanese Navy, however,...

The Attack on Pearl Harbor (Battles of World War II) Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)MY 9 YR OLD LOVES ANYTHING TO DO WITH WAR. I SURPRISED HIM WITH THIS BOOK AND HE LOVES IT.Click Here to see more reviews about: The Attack on Pearl Harbor (Battles of World War II)Click here for more information about The Attack on Pearl Harbor (Battles of World War ...

PEARL HARBOR: Awakening a Sleeping Giant Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)Klobuchar's book is a fascinating, and often gripping, account of the Pearl Harbor attack. The book is based on personal interviews with dozens of survivors, and includes eyewitness accounts of many aspects of the attack, often in great detail. Many stories are told, also, of the heroes who did not survive,...

0755: The Heroes of Pearl Harbor Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)I just received my copy and was somewhat disappointed; while the author made a good effort at compiling lists of recipients, a diproportionate number of them are for Midway and the Philippines, which I believe were included maninly to flesh out the book.The book is fairly comprehensive although I noted...

A Loyal Opposition in Time of War: The Republican Party and the Politics of Foreign Policy from Pearl Harbor to Yalta (Contributions in American History) Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)This source was invaluable to my research on Senator Arthur Vandenberg, a major figure in American politics of the 1930s and '40s, and also superbly discusses the role of the GOP as a distinct minority in Congress during this time.Click Here to see more reviews about: A Loyal Opposition in Time of War:...

Pearl Harbor: A Primary Source History (In Their Own Words) Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)World War II had been going on in Europe and the Pacific for two years by the time the war arrived right on the doorstep of Americans. President Franklin D. Roosevelt claimed it was "a date which will live in infamy." In the early morning hours on December 7, 1941, the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor...

Beyond Pearl Harbor Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)Clio Mathews Wetmore's balanced account of the little known fate of several thousand American, British, Australian, Canadian and other Allied civilians trapped in the Philippines in 1941 is the best of any account I have read. She draws us into camp, making the experience as real as if we were actually...

Race to Pearl Harbor: The Failure of the Second London Naval Conference and the Onset of World War II (Harvard Studies in American-East Asian Relations, 5) Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)It's obvious that the author is very well versed and deeply read in these matters. His writing style was not that onerous and he made this kind of detailed research readable and interesting.If you love WW II history and want some real in depth background, you would do well to read this.Click Here to...

Remember Pearl Harbor (collectibles) Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)The Japanese bombing of Pearl Harbor compelled American into World War II and also resulted in a flood of items acknowledging this critical and pivotal event. Over the ensuing decades, a collector's market has sprung up based on the wealth of variety of materials from the period. These range from posters...

Pearl Harbor Warriors: The Bugler, the Pilot, the Friendship Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)This is one of those rare children's books that both touches the soul and informs the mind. It is the story of two men - first enemies, now friends - who build a bridge of forgiveness and understanding across the years. Told through letters between a grandmother and her granddaughter, readers are gently...

The Pearl Harbor Murders Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)On December 5, 1941, most Americans living on Hawaii knows that war with Japan is imminent, but they feel the islands are safe from an external attack. Most of the residences are more concerned with the loyalties of the local Japanese-American population, which is a third of the island and are afraid...

The Sino-Japanese War, 1937-41;: From Marco Polo Bridge to Pearl Harbor Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)This is generally an excellent account of the japanese and Chinese Nationalist military operations in China from 1937 until Pearl Harbor. It far exceeds any other English language account of the Sino Japanses war for this period. The battle descriptions are usually detailed, suprisingly clear and far...