Readers’ Choice – December, 2013

Pearl Harbor - The War in the Pacific:

As FDR famously intoned, "December 7, 1941...a Date that will Live in Infamy". The bombing of Pearl Harbor signaled entry of the U.S.H 500 - Pearl Harbor - Arizona into World War II. History 500 has 35 books arranged chronologically that cover the war in the Pacific. Our December Reader's Choice selection, Pacific Crucible: War at Sea in the Pacific 1941-1945, , by noted naval historian Ian Toll will give you an excellent introduction. And, for a heroic page turner, Last Stand of the Tin Can Sailors is a classic must-read.

 

 

Top Recommendation for December:

 

Pacific Crucible: War at Sea in the Pacific 1941-1945, Ian Toll (2011 – 640pp)

Superb recent overview of the first 18 months of WW II. Japan’s military expansion, Pearl Harbor and Japan's catastrophic loss of 4 carriers at Midway.

 

 

 

Readers’ Choice – November, 2013

JFK - Friends, Family and the Cold War

 

The endless fascination with JFK, Jackie and friends has been the subject of countless books. Thurston Clarke's JFK's Last 100 H - 500 JFK imagesZ5YTRK23Days gives a marvelous, insightful glimpse into the private life of JFK and the White House not seen before. And, Frederick Kempe's Berlin 1961: Kennedy, Kruschev and the Most Dangerous Place on Earth brings alive the high stakes game into which a young, untested JFK was thrust. Post comments below.

 

 

Top Recommendations for November:

JFK's Last 100 Days, by Thurston Clark (2013 - 448 pp)

A timely, enthralling page-turner....a close-up, behind the scenes view of the White House, family and friends and a complex, rapidly changing JFK.

 

 

 

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