Pearl Harbor and The End of the Japanese Empire

December 7, 1941 was, as FDR famously said, "A Day that will Live In Infamy". The Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor changed the course of history and in 1945  issued in The Atomic Age. Naval historian James D. Hornfischer's new (Oct, 2016) "The Fleet at Flood Tide: America at Total War in the Pacific"  recounts the savage battles of the last year of the war with an in-depth look at the defense plans for the Japanese Islands...an invasion nightmare.

 

Top Recommendation for December

The Fleet at Flood Tide: America at Total War in the Pacific 1944- 1945, by James Hornfischer (2017 - 640 pp)

A master WW II historian's engaging look at the barbaric last year of the war in the Pacific from both the Japanese and American sides and why the A-Bomb was a necessity

 

 

 

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