October 2012 | Pearl Harbor Date

Strong Men Armed: The United States Marines Against Japan Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)Three veterans of the First Marine Division have written accounts of WWII. E.B. Sledge in "With the Old Breed," William Manchester in "Goodbye Darkness," and Robert Leckie in "Strong Men Armed." "With the Old Breed" and "Goodbye Darkness" are personal reminiscences, but "Strong Men Armed" is a scholarly...

Don't Know Much About History: Everything You Need to Know About American History but Never Learned Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)Like a great baker, a great writer can turn even what might have been stale into something not just digestible, but delicious. Clever turns of phrase and crisp, engaging writing style (in an easily referenced question and answer format) allow historian Kenneth Davis to chart American history and debunk...

Colony Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)That is the way a friend described this book to me and I have to admit it is certainly a diamond among the stones. This is an author who takes you to the place that lies deep between the pages or soul of her book. The main character is reflective and strong with undiminished courage. Maude is one of...

The Greatest Generation Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)I bought this book for my children. I am so thankful that someone told this story. This Greatest Generation is slowly slipping away. I am a baby boomer and my father [their grandfather] was an Italian immigrant. He was very aware of the freedom he enjoyed in this country and was willing to fight against...

Odd Hours Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)Dean Koontz is one of my favorite genre writers, and the original ODD THOMAS novel is my second favorite of his books, right after his 1987 novel WATCHERS. Given the enormously favorable response to ODD THOMAS, Koontz decided to turn the book into a series, and now plans to write six or seven novels...

FDR Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)FDR, by Jean Edward Smith, proves that no highly significant historical figure or event is beyond a great writer's ability to improve a particular body of literature. Indeed FDR is a towering work of both writing and scholarship. Smith again proves he is one of our foremost biographers and captures,...

Frommer's Hawaii 2011 (Frommer's Color Complete) Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)Excellent source for information about Hawaii. If you are going to travel to Hawaii this book will give you all the information you need for your trip. If you are an arm chair travler and just like to read about the beautiful state of Hawaii you will love it too.Click Here to see more reviews about:...

The Twilight Warriors Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)By the spring of 1945, the Japanese had been driven west across the Pacific by the ever-increasing strength of the American Navy. Okinawa, only 350 miles from mainland Japan, was to be the final battle leading up to the invasion of Japan. Okinawa would serve as a major staging area as well as a base...

AP U.S. History Crash Course (REA: The Test Prep AP Teachers Recommend) Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)This book, I swear, has most definitely earned me a 5 on the 2009 APUSH test.I personally was probably one of the hardest studiers in my APUSH class (ours wasn't taught well at all), and thus, I developed my own way of taking notes and such. Turns out, I never looked at those notes again seeing as I'm...

Battlestations: American Warships of WWII Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)Short and to the point, this book is outstanding in its coverage of ships in WW2. Its very informative and an enjoyable read. Highly recommend it to those who have any interest in the ships of WW2.Click Here to see more reviews about: Battlestations: American Warships of WWIIBattleships, aircraft carriers,...

Film and Television After 9/11 Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)When I saw the title of this book and ordered it, I thought (as implied by the title) that it was using 9-11 to mark off a time period, and would offer some essays about television and film since then. This is not really what this text is. Published in 2004, but probably written mostly a good deal earlier,...

Hitler's Japanese Confidant Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)Carl Boyd has produced an exceptionally lucid and revealing book that traces U.S. decoding attack on Berlin-Tokyo radio communications of Gen. Oshima Hiroshi, Japanese Ambassdor to the Third Reich, and its impact on the outcome of WWII. According to Boyd, these decoded diplomatic messages, known in the...

What They Didn't Teach You About World War II Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)There is some interesting stuff in this book, but it's not the treasure trove of trivia that the back cover's reviews make it out to be. A lot of the information in the book can be found out by reading one of the large single-volume WWII books. And you get a complete history of the war with those, and...

Victory at Sea: World War II in the Pacific Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)I have enjoyed some of the material James Dunnigan has given us about warfare. And I enjoyed this book. But I didn't learn a great deal. If you known almost nothing about World War II in the Pacific, and want a broad, lightweight introduction, this book is okay. If you are looking for an in-depth book,...

7 December 1941: The Air Force Story Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)I don't know how many books there are on the attack on Pearl Harbor. All of them talk about the attack at Pearl on the Navy. All of them kind of add as an afterthought, 'Oh yeah, the Air Force got attacked as well.' Yes the Air Force got attacked as well -- seven hundred of the casualties were Air Force....

The American Battleship Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)If you are new to battleship books or buying one for someone who is new to them, then I would recommed this book. If you are an experienced reader of battleship books and have many like me, then skip this book. You won't find anything new here. The text and most of the pictures are not new. Contrary...

Under the Blood Red Sun Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)A good book that I recently read is Under the Blood Red Sun. It is a realistic historical fiction book by Graham Salisbury. It takes place on the island of Oahu, Hawaii, before, during, and after the Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor. The story is told from the point-of-view of Tomikazu (Tomi), an innocent...