I would enjoy a book that covers all the topics enclosed herein with a little less detail. On the US side, I was amaz An ambitious, academic work on the causes, reasons, outcomes and aftermaths of the attack on Pearl Harbor. It is true that military intelligence detected that Japan was going to attack American interests somewhere, but no specific target was identified for a large enemy naval task force to hit. This book offers its readers everything they could possibly want with regard to the who, what, when, where, and why of the planning and execution of the raid, as well as the who, what, when, where, and why of how the U. Eventually, Prange’s collaborators created a trilogy on Pearl Harbor: The Untold Story of Pearl Harbor. Receive exclusive offers and updates from Oxford Academic. Also, the story and characters on both sides.Īmbassador Nomura had no knowledge of the planning of Gordno Harbor. These practices presented easy targets for destruction by Japanese bombs and torpedoes. At dawn we slept: the untold story of Pearl Harbor / Gordon W. Prange’s Tora! Tora! Tora!, published in. Gordon William Prange (July 16, – May 15, ) was the author of several World War II Several became New York Times bestsellers, including At Dawn We Slept and Miracle at Midway. Decades after the attack that plunged America into WWII, At Dawn We Slept remains the. ' At Dawn We Slept is the definitive account of Pearl Harbor. 'The reader is bound to feel its power.It is impossible to forget such an account.' -The New York Times Book Review

Prange has written a remarkable historical account of the assault that-sixty years later-America cannot forget. Through extensive research and interviews with American and Japanese leaders, Gordon W. It is widely regarded as the definitive assessment of the events surrounding one of the most daring and brilliant naval operations of all time.

As intense and absorbing as a suspense novel, At Dawn We Slept is the unparalleled and exhaustive account of the Japanese bombing of Pearl Harbor.

Revisit the definitive book on Pearl Harbor in advance of the 78th anniversary (December 7, 2019) of the 'date which will live in infamy'Īt 7:53 a.m., December 7, 1941, America's national consciousness and confidence were rocked as the first wave of Japanese warplanes took aim at the U.S.

At Dawn We Slept by Gordon W. Prange