The Shadow of Pearl Harbor: Political Controversy Over the Surprise Attack, 1941-1946

By Martin V. Melosi

Book Overview

The Japanese surprise attack on U.S. forces in Hawaii on December 7, 1941, came as a tremendous shock to Americans. Accustomed to success and victory in every aspect of life, they found the Pearl Harbor disaster nearly impossible to understand. Thus, almost immediately the search began for a simple explanation why the United States was unprepared and why it should succumb in battle to a foe long considered inferior.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0890960313
• ISBN13: 9780890960318
• Release Date: January 1977
• Publisher: Texas A&M University Press
• Length: 183 Pages
• Weight: 0.15 lbs.