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Title: Hawaii Goes to War: The Aftermath of Pearl Harbor by Wilbur D. Jones, Carroll Robbins Jones, Wilbur D., Jr. Jones ISBN: 1-57249-260-0 Publisher: White Mane Publishing Co. Pub. Date: 23 April, 2001 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4 (2 reviews)
Rating: 3
Summary: Not enough social history
Comment: This book is essentially a manuscript of memoirs, (the impression I had was a thesis) written by the daughter of a Naval officer stationed at Pearl. The day-to-day details of pre-war life in Hawaii (considered an exotic location to most Americans in the early '40s) are well described. The civilian impressions of post-attack Honolulu are also the strengths of this work. The book is less successful as it attempts to describe the progress of the war. It probably would have been better to relate the war news "as heard" at the time, and the ups and downs of civilian morale dealing with the news, and the thousands of servicemen descending on the islands.
All in all, a fairly good read, but not an in-depth memoir of civilian life in wartime Hawaii.
Rating: 5
Summary: Wonderful photographs
Comment: With the release of the new movie "Pearl Harbor", there is heightened interest in the events that began our involvement in World War II. This short work fills some of that knowledge gap, and it's crammed full of wonderful photographs taken by the female author's mother while she lived in the islands in 1941 and 1942. There is nothing like a photo to add realism to a text, and both aspects of this work complement each other. There is a lot of text that gives an overview of what happened on the islands directly after the attack, and how life changed for the residents. The bonus is that we are also given a first person account of that life by Carroll Jones, the daughter of the taker of those excellent photos. This is the type of book you will want to savor over the years, and the photos will keep it ever new in your mind and memory.
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Title: The First Strange Place: Race and Sex in World War II Hawaii by Beth L. Bailey, David R. Farber ISBN: 0801848679 Publisher: Johns Hopkins Univ Pr Pub. Date: April, 1994 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
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Title: The Fall of Berlin 1945 by Antony Beevor ISBN: 0142002801 Publisher: Penguin USA (Paper) Pub. Date: 29 April, 2003 List Price(USD): $16.00 |
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Title: Benjamin Franklin : An American Life by Walter Isaacson ISBN: 0684807610 Publisher: Simon & Schuster Pub. Date: 01 July, 2003 List Price(USD): $30.00 |
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Title: Lies and the Lying Liars Who Tell Them: A Fair and Balanced Look at the Right by Al Franken ISBN: 0525947647 Publisher: E P Dutton Pub. Date: 29 August, 2003 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
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Title: Hawaii's War Years, 1941-1945 (Pacific War Classics) by Gwenfread E. Allen ISBN: 0962922722 Publisher: Pacific Monograph Pub. Date: December, 1999 List Price(USD): $20.00 |
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