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Published in time for the 75th anniversary a gripping and definitive account of the event that changed twentieth-century AmericaPearl Harborbased on years of research and new information uncovered by a New York Times bestselling author.

The America we live in today was born not on July 4 1776 but on December 7 1941 when an armada of 354 Japanese warplanes supported by aircraft carriers destroyers and midget submarines suddenly and savagely attacked the United States killing 2403 menand forced Americas entry into World War II. Pearl Harbor: From Infamy to Greatness follows moment by moment the sailors soldiers pilots diplomats admirals generals emperor and president as they engineer fight and react to this stunningly dramatic moment in world history.

Beginning in 1914 bestselling author Craig Nelson maps the road to war beginning with Franklin D. Roosevelt then the Assistant Secretary of the Navy (and not yet afflicted with polio) attending the laying of the keel of the USS Arizona at the Brooklyn Navy Yard. Writing with vivid intimacy?? Nelson traces Japan??s leaders as they lurch into ultranationalist fascism?? which culminates in their insanely daring yet militarily brilliant scheme to terrify America with one of the boldest attacks ever waged. Within seconds?? the country would never be the same.

In addition to learning the little understood history of how and why Japan attacked Hawaii?? we hear an abandoned record player endlessly repeating ??Sunrise Serenade?? as bombs shatter the decks of the California; we feel cold terror as lanky young American sailors must anxiously choose between staying aboard their sinking ships or diving overboard into harbor waters aflame with burning s