Pearl Harbor: FDR Leads the Nation Into War

by Steven M. Gillon

Book Overview

Franklin D. Roosevelt famously called December 7, 1941, "a date which will live in infamy." History would prove him correct; the events of that day -- when the Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor -- ended the Great Depression, changed the course of FDR's presidency, and swept America into World War II. In Pearl Harbor, acclaimed historian Steven M. Gillon provides a vivid, minute-by-minute account of Roosevelt's skillful leadership in the wake of...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 046503179X
• ISBN13: 9780465031795
• Release Date: November 2012
• Publisher: Basic Books
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 0.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.8" x 9.0"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher