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Title: Pearl Harbor Amazing Facts by Timothy B. Benford ISBN: 0-9710560-0-5 Publisher: American Book Publishers (NJ) Pub. Date: 01 May, 2001 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $16.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.75 (4 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Pearl Harbor Attack Trivia
Comment: This delightful book is more than just "facts" about the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor on 7 DEC 1941. Besides presenting an almost "minute by minute" chronology of the attack, it advances several months ahead of Dec 7 in presenting various surveys and defense-planning conferences that noted the weaknesses of Pearl's defenses. It quotes Pearl's two main defenders ADM Kimmel (Navy) and GEN Short (Army) as to how well they thought they were ready to defend Pearl from unexpected attacks. Sadley, while these defenders were aware of their weaknesses, they seemed to do little to remedy the weaknesses, and seemed to fail to plan any effective drills to coordinate all their "alert" plans. This book is not meant to be any serious study of the battle; instead, it educates through 240 pages of trivia "snippets." It lists all major U.S. & Japanese ships involved in the attack. It details where the attacking Japanese warships (and their commanders) were sunk in later battles. It has FDR's full "Date which will live in infamy" speech. Lists all the names of those killed aboard the USS Arizona. Lists other WWII trivia, such as the top 50 fighter "aces" of WWII, names the fastest fighter planes, and the largest and heaviest tanks. Lists the current stateside bearthing sites of numerous WWII battleships. It has short biographies of the major participants in the battle, both U.S. and Japanese. It discusses the various "bomb plot" messages, and how some of the many important messages regarding the Japanese military's interest in the defenses of Pearl Harbor were not given to ADM Kimmel. It reveals how the U.S. was able to "break" and read the secret, coded Japanese political-messages being sent from Tokyo to its embassy in Washington, D.C. It highlights some of the anti-FDR "conspiracy" theories. (A nice companion paperback to this is "Pearl Harbor Fact & Reference Book" by T. McComas.) A very revealing, and easy reading trivia book.
Rating: 4
Summary: favorite
Comment: I'm a WWII history buff.I think I have just about everything written on the subject.When I show my books to people who are not as excited about WWII as I am, they usually yawn. This book is different, although it is full of facts it is not wordy or dry.The hype from the new movie has got everyone very interested in Pearl Harbor. It has become my favorite book to introduce my grandchildren as well as friends to WWII.
Rating: 5
Summary: Great gift idea
Comment: Bought this book for both a birthday and a father's day present...big hit...great gift idea...lotsa photos and interesting tidbits.
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Title: Pearl Harbor: The Day of Infamy - An Illustrated History by Dan Van Der Vat, John McCain, Tom Freeman ISBN: 0465089828 Publisher: Basic Books Pub. Date: 08 May, 2001 List Price(USD): $39.95 |
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Title: Air Raid--Pearl Harbor!: The Story of December 7, 1941 by Theodore Taylor ISBN: 0152164219 Publisher: Gulliver Books Paperbacks Pub. Date: 01 May, 2001 List Price(USD): $6.00 |
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Title: Attack On Pearl Harbor by Shelley Tanaka ISBN: 0786807369 Publisher: Hyperion Books for Children Pub. Date: 01 June, 2001 List Price(USD): $19.99 |
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Title: At Dawn We Slept: The Untold Story of Pearl Harbor by Gordon William Prange, Donald M. Goldstein, Katherine V. Dillon ISBN: 0140157344 Publisher: Penguin Books Pub. Date: 01 December, 1991 List Price(USD): $20.95 |
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Title: Day of Infamy : Sixieth-Anniversary Edition by Walter Lord ISBN: 0805068031 Publisher: Owl Books Pub. Date: 01 May, 2001 List Price(USD): $14.00 |
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