Walter Lord interviewed nearly 600 participants in the tragic and treacherous attack on the USA's prime Pacific naval base in the Hawaiian Islands. From about half an hour before the attack to the realization later in the day that the pride of the American navy lay sunk or burning in the oil-blackened, wreckage-strewn waters of the harbour, the reader is given the authentic picture. It is an immensely human story - the numbed shock of the survivors, the enthusiasm of the Japanese pilots and the bravery of American sailors as well as the bewilderment and sometimes panic of the participants - is vividly described.
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The full quote is "It is significant that despite the claims of air enthusiasts no battleship has yet been sunk by bombs."
Those telling words appeared next to a photograph of the USS Arizona at sea and were printed in a US Army-Navy pamphlet dated 29 November 1941.
Just 8 Days later the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbour in what President Roosevelt later called "This day of Infamy." During that attack the Arizona exploded and sank at her berth after receiving a direct hit from a Japanese bomb. Today the USS Arizona remains the permanent war grave for the 1,102 men who perished on board that ship that day.
My copy of this book was published in 1957. Since that time, many new avenues of research have opened for historians. One, of course, is the advent of the internet. Another is also the release of material after whatever 30 or 50 year rule were put in place. In other words, this author neither had the facilities afforded by the internet nor was he allowed access to some of the material which is available today - something which makes this book all the more remarkable for its content.
Author and historian Walter Lord clearly understood the art of research and put his skills to the best possible use in producing this book. It is an excellent work. With photographs used for the very first time, we have a moment-by-moment account of the attack and how it affected people on the ground.
This really was infamous for several reasons; Firstly the Japanese had not delivered any formal declaration of war against the USA. By not making such a declaration, US Forces had not been placed on a war footing and were, therefore, going about their duties - just as they would during any time of peace. Finally, not content with the knowledge they would be catching the US Fleet "unawares," the Japanese also chose to attack on a Sunday morning - a time when US forces would, for the most part, be enjoying a day off.
Infamy is one word, cowardly is another and, of all the accounts I have read, this ranks amongst the very best.
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Those telling words appeared next to a photograph of the USS Arizona at sea and were printed in a US Army-Navy pamphlet dated 29 November 1941.
Just 8 Days later the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbour in what President Roosevelt later called "This day of Infamy." During that attack the Arizona exploded and sank at her berth after receiving a direct hit from a Japanese bomb. Today the USS Arizona remains the permanent war grave for the 1,102 men who perished on board that ship that day.
My copy of this book was published in 1957. Since that time, many new avenues of research have opened for historians. One, of course, is the advent of the internet. Another is also the release of material after whatever 30 or 50 year rule were put in place. In other words, this author neither had the facilities afforded by the internet nor was he allowed access to some of the material which is available today - something which makes this book all the more remarkable for its content.
Author and historian Walter Lord clearly understood the art of research and put his skills to the best possible use in producing this book. It is an excellent work. With photographs used for the very first time, we have a moment-by-moment account of the attack and how it affected people on the ground.
This really was infamous for several reasons; Firstly the Japanese had not delivered any formal declaration of war against the USA. By not making such a declaration, US Forces had not been placed on a war footing and were, therefore, going about their duties - just as they would during any time of peace. Finally, not content with the knowledge they would be catching the US Fleet "unawares," the Japanese also chose to attack on a Sunday morning - a time when US forces would, for the most part, be enjoying a day off.
Infamy is one word, cowardly is another and, of all the accounts I have read, this ranks amongst the very best.
NM
5 of 6 people found the following review helpful
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Tracing the human drama of the great aerial attack which catapulted America into the Second World War as the fabled Pacific Fleet rested at port on a sunny morning in paradise.
As broad & vast as the Pacific Ocean, Walter Lord's 1957 classic retelling of the many & various, military & civilian, pieces of the shattered puzzle that became the impetus for President Roosevelt's six-minute radio speech, has been reissued for the 60th Anniversary of when naval & air forces of the Empire of Japan, suddenly & deliberately attacked the United States of America.
Walter Lord has done an admirable job of recreating the hour by hour, blow by blow engagement & reminds us of just how innocent we were & in that innocence how unprepared & untrained we were at putting the clues together - remember no one really believed anyone had the reach to reach us, let alone attack us.
Between these covers I stood among the host of determined, terrified & courageous people who came together for that moment in time which will always be a Day of Infamy. A must for anyone interested in how America got into the Second World War & how Japan did it.
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Having recently returned to the UK from Hawaii and a visit to Pearl Harbor I was interested in reading more about the 7 December 1941. Having read Walter Lords book on the Battle of Midway which was excellent I thought he might be my first choice, I wasn't disappointed. The majority of the book is based on the experiences of people involved during the raid, what they were doing and how they reacted, this makes the read all the more interesting. I highly recommend this book, although it is a little expensive.
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The Book is very interesting about the attack on Pearl Habour. Were the Ships were. at the time of the Attack. The Time and what was involved in the attack. Read more
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The author focuses only on narrating the day's (Dec 7th, 1941) events through the memories and testimonies of several hundred witnesses, some of them protagonists of those events. Read more
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