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Published in time for the 75th anniversary, a gripping and definitive account of the event that changed twentieth-century America—Pearl Harbor—based on years of research and new information uncovered by a New York Times bestselling author.

The America we live in today was born, not on July 4, 1776, but on December 7, 1941, when an armada of 354 Japanese warplanes supported by aircraft carriers, destroyers, and midget submarines suddenly and savagely attacked the United States, killing 2,403 men—and forced America’s entry into World War II. Pearl Harbor: From Infamy to Greatness follows, moment by moment, the sailors, soldiers, pilots, diplomats, admirals, generals, emperor, and president as they engineer, fight, and react to this stunningly dramatic moment in world history.

Beginning in 1914, bestselling author Craig Nelson maps the road to war, beginning with Franklin D. Roosevelt, then the Assistant Secretary of the Navy (and not yet afflicted with polio), attending the laying of the keel of the USS Arizona at the Brooklyn Navy Yard. Writing with vivid intimacy, Nelson traces Japan’s leaders as they lurch into ultranationalist fascism, which culminates in their insanely daring yet militarily brilliant scheme to terrify America with one of the boldest attacks ever waged. Within seconds, the country would never be the same.

In addition to learning the little understood history of how and why Japan attacked Hawaii, we hear an abandoned record player endlessly repeating “Sunrise Serenade” as bombs shatter the decks of the California; we feel cold terror as lanky young American sailors must anxiously choose between staying aboard their sinking ships or diving overboard into harbor waters aflame with burning ship fuel; we watch as Navy wives tearfully hide with their children in caves from a rumored invasion, and we understand the frustration and triumph of a lone American teenager as he shoots down a Japanese bomber, even as the attack destroys hundreds of US airplanes and dozens of ships.

Backed by a research team’s five years of work, which produced nearly a million pages of documents, as well as Nelson’s thorough re-examination of the original evidence assembled by federal investigators, this page-turning and definitive work provides a thrilling blow-by-blow account from both the Japanese and American perspectives, and is historical drama on the grandest scale. Nelson delivers all the terror, chaos, violence, tragedy, and heroism of the attack in stunning detail, and offers surprising conclusions about the tragedy’s unforeseen and resonant consequences that linger even today.

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“In this brilliant mix of history and emotion, Craig Nelson has managed to combine grueling research with masterful reporting in order to capture the long and the short, the overview and the detail, of that infamous day in a paradisal land of orchids and jacaranda. It has taken seventy-five years, but now, finally, the Pearl Harbor book has been written.”
—Jim deFilippi, author of Mules of Monte Cassino and Murka

"Craig Nelson has completely retold the epic story of Pearl Harbor. Using his skills as a reporter and a literary stylist, he not only deftly paints the fleeting image—an enemy pilot waving as he flies by, a cup of coffee trembling on a table while outside a war commences—but a world roiled in titanic struggle. His gifts as storyteller, his empathy and scope, will appeal to fans of Walter Lord’s Day of Infamy or Cornelius Ryan’s A Bridge Too Far, and, in surprise, the inquiry of Lawrence Wright’s The Looming Tower. This book has a thousand poignant and unforgettable moments. You’ll read Pearl Harbor and want to pass it to a friend."
—Doug Stanton, New York Times best-selling author of Horse Soldiers and In Harm's Way

“Craig Nelson has taught me there's a lot to learn about an infamous day and it's a joy reading his deeply-researched and well-written account.”
—James Bradley, bestselling author of Flags of Our Fathers, Flyboys, and The China Mirage

"Bookshelves groan with accounts of the 1941 attack on Pearl Harbor and its aftermath, but readers will not regret this thick new contribution to the literature. . . . Nelson weaves archival research, interviews, and personal experiences from both sides into a blow-by-blow narrative of destruction liberally sprinkled with individual heroism, bizarre escapes, and equally bizarre tragedies."
—Kirkus Reviews

“A valuable reexamination of the causes, the attack, and the aftermath of that seminal event [at Pearl Harbor] … Superbly done and instructive… Informative and poignant. ... This is a worthy addition to the already voluminous studies of a history-changing event.”
—Booklist (starred review)

"Nelson brings his formidable narrative talents to bear on this well-known history as he comprehensively contextualizes and covers the battle....To differentiate his work from the many previous volumes on this event, Nelson highlights the individual experiences of soldiers at the battle’s front and beyond. Nelson’s well written history of Pearl Harbor will be enjoyed by the general reader and appropriately highlights the battle’s historical significance."
—Publishers Weekly

"As close to a complete history as possible of the events leading up to the December 1941 bombing…This comprehensive account doesn’t shy away from the horrors of war, successfully providing an even-handed chronicle of the events that led up to Pearl Harbor.”
—Library Journal (starred review)

"Undoubtedly, we will read many stories about Pearl Harbor in the coming months, but this book is an invaluable resource for those who want to know the whole story."
—Bookreporter

“[An] important new piece of Pearl Harbor scholarship… A comprehensive, engaging new history of the attack that thrust the United States into World War II.”
—Shelf Awareness

“A superb and instructive reexamination of the causes, the attack, and the aftermath of Pearl Harbor…backed by a deep look into prewar developments in Japan.”
—Booklist

“Gripping…Nelson infuses his account with the primary-source memories of the people involved, giving his book a tense, epic feel.”
—Christian Science Monitor

“A powerful, sweeping retelling of the Dec. 7, 1941, surprise Japanese bombing of U.S. military installations in Hawaii. The power derives from the author’s deliciously connecting political, economic and social dots going back to 1914 and giving the reader the soldiers’, the military’s and political leaders’ viewpoints, from both sides.”
—Albuquerque Journal

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Craig Nelson is the author of Pearl Harbor: From Infamy to Greatness and the New York Times bestseller, Rocket Men: The Epic Story of the First Men on the Moon, as well as several previous books, including The Age of Radiance (a PEN Award Finalist chosen as one of the year’s best books by NBC News, the American Institute of Physics, Kirkus Reviews, and FlavorWire), The First Heroes, Thomas Paine (winner of the Henry Adams Prize), and Let’s Get Lost (shortlisted for W.H. Smith’s Book of the Year). His writing has appeared in Vanity Fair, The Wall Street Journal, Salon, National Geographic, The New England Review, Popular Science, Reader’s Digest, and a host of other publications.

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Publisher ‏ : ‎ Scribner; First Edition (September 20, 2016)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Hardcover ‏ : ‎ 544 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1451660499
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1451660494
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 1.6 pounds
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 6 x 1.6 x 9 inches

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CRAIG NELSON is the author of V is for Victory: Franklin Roosevelt's American Revolution and the Triumph of World War II (a Main Selection of the History Book Club chosen as one of the year's best books by Kirkus and Booklist), the New York Times bestseller, Rocket Men: The Epic Story of the First Men on the Moon, and several previous books, including Pearl Harbor: From Infamy to Greatness, The Age of Radiance (a PEN Award Finalist chosen as one of the year’s best books by NBC News, the American Institute of Physics, Kirkus Reviews, and FlavorWire); The First Heroes, Thomas Paine (winner of the Henry Adams Prize), and Let’s Get Lost (shortlisted for W.H. Smith’s Book of the Year).

His writing has appeared in Vanity Fair, The Wall Street Journal, Salon, Soldier of Fortune, National Geographic, Popular Science, Reader’s Digest, and a host of other publications; he has been profiled in Variety, Interview, Publishers Weekly, and Time Out.

Besides working at a zoo, in Hollywood, and being an Eagle Scout and a Fuller Brush Man, he was a vice president and executive editor of Harper & Row, Hyperion, and Random House, where he oversaw the publishing of twenty New York Times' bestsellers.

He lives in Greenwich Village.

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Customers praise the book's meticulous research and excellent mesh of historical facts, making it a must-read for history enthusiasts. The narrative provides a detailed account of the Pearl Harbor attack, and customers find the pacing moves along quickly. However, the book receives mixed feedback regarding its readability, with several customers noting intolerably sloppy editing.

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Customers appreciate the depth of information in the book, noting its meticulous research and detailed coverage of events.

"...Nelson has done incredible research and minimizes his narrative to have the story told through eyewitness accounts...." Read more

"A broad comprehensive compendium of the background, origin, and consequent formal inquiries, concerning Hawaii which provoked President Roosevelt to..." Read more

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Customers find the book readable and well-written, describing it as one of the best books on World War II with an excellent mesh of historical facts.

"...Nelson is a master at integrating historical narration with eyewitness accounts of the carnage and aftermath, right through to the Medal of Honor..." Read more

"...Filled with first-person accounts and a strong handle on the historical perspective, this book is a must read for any fan of history, in particular,..." Read more

"...His brief history of Japan and the Japanese-US relationship gave a nice back story and helped show how Japan ended up deciding to attack the US...." Read more

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Customers find the book highly readable and well-written, with one customer noting it was a quick read.

"...Despite my reading every page at least twice, this wonderful book flew by for me. I cannot wait to get my hands on another tome by Mr. Nelson...." Read more

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Customers find the book's narrative engaging, with detailed accounts of the Pearl Harbor attack and personal stories from survivors. One customer notes how it conveys the drama and tragedy, while another appreciates how it delves into political intrigue.

"...The first hand accounts are searing, powerful, and pack an emotional wallop that allows the reader to be taken back to that day in the same way..." Read more

"Nelson's book is one of the best I've read on the Pearl Harbor attack, most of which touch only briefly on the lead up to the attack, and almost..." Read more

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Customers find the pacing of the book engaging, with several noting they were enthralled from start to finish and moved along quickly. One customer mentions it reads like an action film, while another appreciates how it captures the flavor of the times.

"...The book starts off slow and deliberate as it walks through the state of the world in 1931-1941 particularly as it relates to Japan...." Read more

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Rob Galbraith
I thought I knew the story of Pearl Harbor, but I did not until reading this book
Reviewed in the United States on December 10, 2016
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Pearl Harbor is such an infamous event in American and world history and only rivaled by 9/11 in modern times. Yet even visiting the Arizona memorial this September did not give me a full appreciation of the true shock and devastation wrought on December 7, 1941 until I read this book. The book starts off slow and deliberate as it walks through the state of the world in 1931-1941 particularly as it relates to Japan. The cunningness of the plan to attack Pearl Harbor and the months of preparations are laid out well, and Nelson does a masterful job of capturing American attitudes at the time - while many warning signs were there that an attack on Oahu could happen, Americans just could not conceive that the Japanese could pull it off due to their stereotypes.

Pearl Harbor is best at exactly the right moment - the day of the attack itself. Nelson has done incredible research and minimizes his narrative to have the story told through eyewitness accounts. The first hand accounts are searing, powerful, and pack an emotional wallop that allows the reader to be taken back to that day in the same way that many of us reflect on 9/11. Nelson is able to convey the true horror while covering the vast scope of the event, as many tragedies were unfolding simultaneously.

Nelson continues from the day of the attack to cover the American response and provide a summary of the rest of the campaign in the Pacific. He focuses on the story of the Doolittle Raiders bombing Tokyo as the true turning point when America finally were able to taste a victory f sorts while Japan's leaders were stunned that the homeland was not as impregnable to attack as they thought. Nelson also does not shy away from cataloging the many atrocities on both sides of the war and the true human devastation caused all over the Pacific. This is not the romantic visions we have of D-Day and the Atlantic campaign and I came to better appreciate the vileness and depravation that was experienced in Asia.

An outstanding tribute to the 75th anniversary of a date that will forever live in infamy, I highly recommend this book to anyone interested in learning more or thinks they already know the story of Pearl Harbor.

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For anyone searching for the definitive story of America’s dreadful plunge into WWII, this is probably it. Nelson spares little detail as he guides the reader through the labyrinth of political and economic machinations, bogus negotiations, trade war bombast, arms buildup (Japan in spades, the U.S. only after we were already in the fight), generally endless politicking, and scorching mutual ignorance of what each side was ultimately confronting. No, Japanese pilots weren’t nearsighted and inferior opponents. And no, Americans weren’t a bunch of lazy miscreants. Could rampant racism have ever been more threatening to world peace?

Nelson is a master at integrating historical narration with eyewitness accounts of the carnage and aftermath, right through to the Medal of Honor awards at the end of the book. Representative quotes are to be found on virtually every page. As a sample,

“Moored at Pearl’s submarine base, the eighteen ships of Lieutenant Commander William Specht’s Motor Torpedo Boat Squadron were still in working order, and their crews began rescue operations. Seventeen-year-old Mal Garcia was working dock detail during the attack when an officer yelled, ‘Hey, coxswain, get that whaleboat out of here.’ Mal considered telling the superior he was actually a radioman on submarine tender Argonne, but then remembered that you can’t argue with a commander and spent the rest of the day helming an eighteen-footer, ferrying the dead and wounded. He later said that Pearl Harbor aged him from seventeen to maybe thirty-five, and that later he tried to remember what it was like to be a teenager, but couldn’t. He would spend in time twenty-two years with the U.S. Navy.

‘I remember one fella that—I will never forget this one—about him reaching up for the gunnel, trying to get out with his hand coming up,’ Bert Davis remembered. ‘And I reached down to help him, and I grabbed him right around his arm and I started pulling, and all the skin came right off in my and. But that’s the thing that sticks in my mind all the time, and I have nightmares sometimes about it. But you try and you do your best.’”

This reader has plumbed the depths of WWII above all other topics in a 3-4 year reading blitz that has surpassed any comparable surge during my grad school days, right through to my dissertation. The personal sacrifices and efforts I poured into my schoolwork back then is a reasonable reference point but it pales to near invisibility in the face of our Greatest Generation’s utterly incredible heroics. Again, a sample from Nelson’s brilliant book brings the case front and center:

“Sixty percent of Pearl Harbor casualties were second- and third-degree burns. There had been fires at every airfield; both on and within the Arizona, California, Curtiss, Downes, Nevada, Pennsylvania, Shaw, and West Virginia; and on the oil that floated on the water of Pearl Harbor. Many of those burned had escaped through that water and were coated in marine fuel. To get to Ford, thousands of survivors had stumbled through roiling black clouds of smoke, many naked, dripping oil, sheathed in blood, screaming in pain. ‘The only thing I could see were their eyes, lips, and mouths,’ a survivor said. ‘Their mouths were reddish; their eyes looked watery. Everything else was black.’ With no time or enough equipment to clean off that oil, treatment proceeded anyway. Burned skin was cut away with scissors. To draw out the heat, tannic acid was sprayed on with Flit guns. Saltwater baths drew out the liquid. All of this was gruesome to perform, and excruciating to endure."…

Despite my reading every page at least twice, this wonderful book flew by for me. I cannot wait to get my hands on another tome by Mr. Nelson. We are all in his debt for this towering monument of a book.

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Just an excellent account of the reasoning behind and the delivery by the Japanese navy of the attack on Pearl Harbour in December 1941. The details on the ships and personnel involved are just engrossing. Particularly enjoyed the information on the Japanese submarine attack and how those civilian aircraft and their pilots aloft during the attack fared. Very interesting.

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Argyris Periferakis
Good book - Misleading Title
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on March 30, 2017
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The book is very detailed and very thoroughly researched, with a lot of detail on facts and personal accounts. However, only one third of the book is dedicated to the description of the actual attack at Pearl Harbor. Although both the prelude to Japanses entry into WWII and the aftermath of the attack are equally interesting the take up a disproportionate part of the book. More appropriately the book should have a more general title.
Also, I find it a bit irritating that the author chooses to extol the virtues of the USA quite many times. It is, after all, a historical account and not a pro-USA pamphlet.

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3ampsam
Good read. Some interesting perspectives.
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on December 11, 2018
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Fascinating recollections from the veterans. Not a 100% historically correct but don't let that spoil your enjoyment. Well worth a read.

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Jack Lee
It’s a bit too much like Michael Bay’s Pear Harbour
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on May 11, 2019
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It’s a very good read, thrilling at times, but it’s a bit too patriotic to get a clear and unbiased narrative which lets it down.

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Seoras7062
CHECK YOUR DATES, BUDDY!
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on April 28, 2017
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I was enjoying this. All the way to page 58. Then I read this: "On September 23, 1940, the die was cast. Japanese troops invaded what are today the nations of Malaysia, Vietnam, Cambodia and Indonesia, and what were then the resource-rich Southeast Asian colonies of Europe. Japan now controlled British Malaya's acres of rubber plantations, French Indochina's sinuous veins of tin, and most important, the Dutch East Indies' bounteous cache of oil." Pardon?

In fact the Japanese invaded French Indochina in September 1940, after the fall of France. They reckoned (correctly) that after total defeat at the hands if the Nazis, the Vichy government would be able to do anything about it. (French Indochina also included the modern nation of Laos, by the way.)

Hostilities against the Dutch East Indies began in the middle of December 1941 with an undeclared invasion of Borneo - that is, about a week after Pearl Harbour.

The invasion of British Malaya began on the 8th of December 1941, actually a few hours before the attack on Pearl. (If that sounds wrong, remember that Hawaii and Malaya are on different sides of the International Date Line.)

The timeline for the outbreak of war in Southeast Asia in 1941 is fairly well-known, I think. If Nelson hasn't got something as clear and obvious as "When did war actually break out and where?" right, how on earth can we depend on anything he says? What's more, Scribners' proofreaders missed it, as did the worthies who wrote the dust-jacket blurbs: Messrs. Jim DeFilippi, Doug Stanton and Jim Bradley.

The book goes in the paper recycling bin today.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Pearl Harbour

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4.0 out of 5 stars Good read. Some interesting perspectives.

3.0 out of 5 stars It’s a bit too much like Michael Bay’s Pear Harbour

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I thought I knew the story of Pearl Harbor, but I did not until reading this book

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Good read. Some interesting perspectives.

It’s a bit too much like Michael Bay’s Pear Harbour

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