Pearl Harbor
Condition: SECONDHAND
This is a secondhand book. The jacket image is a photograph of the exact copy we have in stock. This image shows the condition of this book. Further condition remarks are below.
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Worn/faded, no tears
Pages: Good
On the morning of December 7, 1941, the skies above Oahu erupted in fire and the course of world history was forever altered — H.P. Willmott's Pearl Harbor is a masterful reconstruction of the most devastating surprise attack ever launched against the United States, chronicling the events that dragged America into the Second World War. With meticulous precision, Willmott details the strategic calculations of Imperial Japan, the catastrophic failures of American military intelligence, and the harrowing human cost of a assault that claimed over 2,400 lives and crippled the U.S. Pacific Fleet in a matter of hours. Willmott, one of the foremost military historians of the twentieth century, argues compellingly that Pearl Harbor was not merely a tactical strike but a catastrophic miscalculation that sealed Japan's ultimate fate. His authoritative prose cuts through myth and misconception, presenting the attack within its full geopolitical context — from the simmering tensions of Pacific imperialism to the dramatic unfolding of the raid itself. Rich with archival photographs and sharp strategic analysis, this work leaves the reader questioning how the most powerful naval base in the Pacific could have been caught so devastatingly off guard.
Author: H.P. Willmott
Format: Hardback
Genre: WW2
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Worn/faded, no tears
Pages: Good
On the morning of December 7, 1941, the skies above Oahu erupted in fire and the course of world history was forever altered — H.P. Willmott's Pearl Harbor is a masterful reconstruction of the most devastating surprise attack ever launched against the United States, chronicling the events that dragged America into the Second World War. With meticulous precision, Willmott details the strategic calculations of Imperial Japan, the catastrophic failures of American military intelligence, and the harrowing human cost of a assault that claimed over 2,400 lives and crippled the U.S. Pacific Fleet in a matter of hours. Willmott, one of the foremost military historians of the twentieth century, argues compellingly that Pearl Harbor was not merely a tactical strike but a catastrophic miscalculation that sealed Japan's ultimate fate. His authoritative prose cuts through myth and misconception, presenting the attack within its full geopolitical context — from the simmering tensions of Pacific imperialism to the dramatic unfolding of the raid itself. Rich with archival photographs and sharp strategic analysis, this work leaves the reader questioning how the most powerful naval base in the Pacific could have been caught so devastatingly off guard.