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Pearl Harbor - The Essential Reference Guide (Hardcover)
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Pearl Harbor - The Essential Reference Guide (Hardcover)
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This book provides students with an understanding of the motives
behind the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor and the consequences of
this action on Japan, on the United States, and on the outcome of
World War II. This essential reference guide is devoted to one of
the most important military events in American history: the Pearl
Harbor attack of December 7, 1941, "the day of infamy."
Distinguished military historian Spencer C. Tucker is the editor of
this thorough study of the Japanese attack that contains reference
entries as well as primary documents and oral histories describing
the circumstances that led up to the attack, the event itself, and
its immediate aftermath and consequences, thereby providing readers
with the necessary context to understand all aspects of the attack
on Pearl Harbor. Readers will understand why Japanese leaders
decided to go to war with the United States, what they expected to
accomplish in attacking Pearl Harbor, why this key American base
was not better defended, and what the aftereffects of the attack
were for the outcome of the war. Biographies on major players in
the crisis such as Franklin Roosevelt, Chester Nimitz, Isoroku
Yamamoto, and Hideki Tojo will provide insight into the individuals
who played key roles in the events before, during, and after
December 7, 1941. Addresses historical controversies such as
whether Roosevelt knowingly allowed the Japanese to attack Pearl
Harbor in order to bring the United States into World War II and
what the consequences of a third Japanese carrier strike might have
been Includes primary source documents-including oral histories by
participants in and victims of the attack-that help readers to
better grasp the motivations behind the Japanese attack, the
reasons why Pearl Harbor was not better able to resist, and what it
was like to live through the attack itself Provides an ideal
resource for high school and college students as well as
interesting reading for general audiences seeking authoritative
historical information on the Pearl Harbor attacks
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