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Author:
Melber, Takuma, author.
Title:
Pearl Harbor : Japan's attack and America's entry into World War II / Takuma Melber ; translated by Nick Somers.
Edition:
English edition.
Publisher:
Polity Press,
Copyright Date:
2021
Description:
viii, 220 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm
Subject:
Pearl Harbor (Hawaii), Attack on, 1941.
World War, 1939-1945--Japan.
United States--Foreign relations--Japan.
Japan--Foreign relations--United States.
World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Pacific Area.
Pacific Area--History, Military.
Pacific Area--History, Naval.
World War, 1939-1945--United States.
Other Authors:
Somers, Nick, translator.
Other Titles:
Pearl Harbor. English
Notes:
"Originally published in German as Pearl Harbor: Japans Angriff und der Kriegseintritt der USA by Takuma Melber ©Verlag C. H. Beck oHG, München 2016." Translated from the German. Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents:
I. The background -- The road to Pearl Harbor -- The crisis intensifies -- Japan's proposals for resolving the conflict -- The Hull Note -- II. The Japanese war plan -- Admiral Yamamoto and Operation Hawaii -- The plan of attack -- The Kidō Butai sets sail -- Japanese spies in Hawaii -- The first encounter -- III. The attack -- The first wave -- 'Tora Tora Tora' -- Battleship Row in crossfire -- The second attack wave -- Egusa's dive bombers -- IV. Consequences -- The aftermath -- The USA enters the war -- The first prisoner-of-war -- The Japanese-born victims of Pearl Harbor -- Could Pearl Harbor have been prevented? -- Conspiracy theories -- Operation K.
Summary:
"A new account of one of the key battles of World War II told from the Japanese perspective."-- Provided by publisher.
ISBN:
1509537201
9781509537204
OCLC:
(OCoLC)1149219193
LCCN:
2020015550
Locations:
USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

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