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
Detailed to a fault. However, many great stories of individuals on both sides who determined the course of the war…and who were affected by it…