Pearl Harbor Fact & Reference Book: Everything to Know about December 7, 1941

By Terence McComas

Book Overview

Who made the historic outcry, "Tora! Tora! Tora!"? When did President Roosevelt first conclude, "This means war ..."? How many men died on the USS Arizona? The answer to these and hundreds of other questions, along with photographs, are in this fascinating collection of well-known and obscure facts about the events surrounding the attack on Pearl Harbor. If you consider yourself an expert on Pearl Harbor, an armchair historian, or if you are looking for a quick reference source on the Pearl Harbor attack, this book is a must.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1566473292
• ISBN13: 9781566473293
• Release Date: July 1991
• Publisher: Mutual Publishing
• Length: 131 Pages
• Weight: 0.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.9" x 8.9"

Customer Reviews

Pearl Harbor Dec 7 Trivia

The correct full title of this book is: "Pearl Harbor Fact and Reference Book: Everything to know about December 7, 1941". It provides a strict "Question & Answer" format. Little snippets of interesting trivia; but many of the answers are too short -- it provides the "fact" but misses in analyzing the importance of the "fact." It reviews how various U.S. military leaders dismissed the "crazy" idea that the Japanese were capable of attacking the U.S. fleet based at Pearl Harbor; all too many officers thought that the Japanese simply couldn't plan and carry out such of a hair-brain idea. It reveals that the U.S. defenders thought they were far-better prepared in repulsing any surprise Japanese attack than what they actually were. It notes how U.S. destroyers discovered midget Japanese submarines before the attack, how the Army's radar tracked the in-coming Japanese aircraft, and it reveals how there seemed to be no real serious coordination as to how these incidents were to be analyzed and reported to higher commanders for their alerting our defenses in a timely manner. It presents a list of the U.S. warships based at Pearl, and lists the names of the attacking Japanese warships. (Because of its strait "Q & A" format, it is not as fun nor as interesting to read as is the much-needed companion paperback "Pearl Harbor Amazing Facts" by T. Benford.)