Air Raid, Pearl Harbor!: Recollections of a Day of Infamy [Hardcover]

Paul Stillwell (Editor)

Book Description

Publication Date: November 1981

An anthology of first-person reminiscences including Japanese accounts and the reaction in Washington.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 299 pages
• Publisher: US Naval Institute Press; First edition. edition (November 1981)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0870210866
• ISBN-13: 978-0870210860
• Product Dimensions: 11.4 x 8.9 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.6 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #964,823 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A great book, March 21, 2008

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Patrick Watson "Author of Watson's Really Big... (Redding, California) - See all my reviews
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As with all of Stillwell's books, this one is entertaining. The variety and different aspects of the stories in this piece make it a keeper. If the attack on Pearl Harbor is of any interest to you, you really need to consider adding it to your collection. I met the author on a recent trip to Hawaii and found him to be a really interesting person to talk to. Buy a Stillwell book and you will get your money's worth.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Fascinating Book, January 2, 2010

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David S. Lott (Beaufort, South Carolina United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Air Raid, Pearl Harbor!: Recollections of a Day of Infamy (Hardcover)

Numerous recollections by men and women who were there, including some Japanese pilots and seamen. Very well done, interesting photos that are not often seen and a freshness of recollection that is lost in secondary histories. A moving and impressive book.

2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Truth is often far more fascinating than fiction, July 29, 2006

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Michael N. Ryan (Bel AIr, Maryland USA) - See all my reviews
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There are a lot of reasons to find Ben Affleck's Pearl Harbor movie bad. A bad story based more on Star Wars than on what happened with a pathetic love triangle and unreal characters. Indeed, of all the characters, only one, the guy Cuba Gooding Jr played was real.

This book with the recollections of those there would have made a better movie. All of the people in here are real. And very very fascinating. From Tai Sing Loo the Hawaiian born Chinese Photographer's eyewitness accounts to Japanese admiral Kickisaburo Nomura, from Navy wife Peggy Ryan (no relation) to Arizona survivor V Adm Kleber S. Masterson, this book provides the reader great insights into this event.

Would make a great movie.