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Title: Infamy: Pearl Harbor and Its Aftermath by John Toland ISBN: 0-425-09040-X Publisher: Berkley Pub Group Pub. Date: December, 1991 Format: Mass Market Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
Average Customer Rating: 3.12 (8 reviews)
Rating: 4
Summary: Surprising Truth about Pearl Harbor
Comment: This was a very interesting book as to the real truth behind the attack of Pearl Harbor. History says it was a surprise attack however, Washington "knew" that something was going to happen and chose not to tell the commanding officers of the Navy & Army in the Pacific about it. It was a very interesting book however, with so many people named in the book, it at times was hard to remember "who was who". The book also covers the scapegoats and "their day in court" to let the truth out to the general public. I would by this book again.
Rating: 2
Summary: Manipulative and Misleading--But Riveting
Comment: I'll admit I'm new to this World War II stuff. And it wasn't until I saw the first preview for Pearl Harbor (the movie with Ben Affleck) that I started pursuing reading specific to this incident. But since then I've read A World At Arms, and more importantly, Prange's At Dawn We Slept, plus some lighter material on the Pearl Harbor attack. ...Toland is much more interested in making his case than presenting historical facts.
But man, this is a good read. I read it in about three days--on the train, on the bus, in bed, during dinner. Compared to the style of Prange, et. al., this does indeed read like a novel. And had I no prior knowledge of this whole time in history I would easily have given this book five stars and recommended it to everyone I know.
But I do have some knowledge, and when compared to the exhaustive objectivity of Prange, this book is flawed. I still don't know who's right, but Toland does a very poor job of making his case once you strip away the manipulative characterizations and language.
Rating: 5
Summary: It still stings!
Comment: When Mr. Toland's book Infamy was first published it caused a stir, and it still leaves a sting! Sometimes truth hurts. Mr. Toland's earlier book, The Rising Sun ( a Pulitzer prize winner ), presents a different picture from that in Infamy and perhaps more in line with textbook thinking. But deeper research into the subject forced him to the conclusions he drew in Infamy. If it is shocking that's good, because that is how one can learn from history.
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Title: Day Of Deceit: The Truth About FDR and Pearl Harbor by Robert B. Stinnett ISBN: 0743201299 Publisher: Touchstone Books Pub. Date: May, 2001 List Price(USD): $16.00 |
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Title: Pearl Harbor Betrayed: The True Story of a Man and a Nation Under Attack by Michael V. Gannon ISBN: 0805066985 Publisher: Henry Holt & Company, Inc. Pub. Date: September, 1901 List Price(USD): $27.50 |
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Title: The Rising Sun: The Decline and Fall of the Japanese Empire, 1936-1945 (Modern Library War Series) by John Toland ISBN: 0812968581 Publisher: Modern Library Pub. Date: 27 May, 2003 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
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Title: At Dawn We Slept: The Untold Story of Pearl Harbor by Gordon William Prange, Donald M. Goldstein, Katherine V. Dillon ISBN: 0140157344 Publisher: Penguin USA (Paper) Pub. Date: December, 1991 List Price(USD): $20.95 |
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Title: Pearl Harbor: The Verdict of History by Gordon W. Prange, Donald M. Goldstein, Katherine V. Dillon ISBN: 0140159096 Publisher: Penguin USA (Paper) Pub. Date: May, 2001 List Price(USD): $20.00 |
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