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Infamy: Pearl Harbor and Its Aftermath Kindle Edition

4.4 4.4 out of 5 stars 170 ratings

Bestselling author and historian John Toland’s expertise and skill as a narrator were awarded with the Pulitzer Prize for his sweeping Rising Sun. In Infamy, Toland extends and corrects his account of the events leading up to Japan’s attack on Pearl Harbor, addressing persistent questions: Could FDR have engineered a conspiracy to get the US into the War? Did high-level military and civilian leaders lie under oath? Were the wrong men held culpable in order to protect Washington? Accessing formerly secret government, military, and diplomatic records--including the account of the then anonymous and controversial “Seaman Z”—Toland masterfully  reevaluates what we know about this infamous act of aggression against the US.

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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B00JTCJENO
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Anchor (September 23, 2014)
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ September 23, 2014
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • File size ‏ : ‎ 37919 KB
  • Text-to-Speech ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
  • Enhanced typesetting ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • X-Ray ‏ : ‎ Not Enabled
  • Word Wise ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Sticky notes ‏ : ‎ On Kindle Scribe
  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 376 pages
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John Willard Toland (June 29, 1912 – January 4, 2004) was an American writer and historian. He is best known for a biography of Adolf Hitler and a Pulitzer Prize-winning history of World War II-era Japan, The Rising Sun.

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Customers find the content well worth reading, believable, and superb. They also praise the writing style as excellent, well written, and researched. Opinions are mixed on the level of detail, with some finding it well researched and filling a void, while others say it contains too much detail repeated quite often.

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Reviewed in the United States on March 2, 2015
This is an excellent read for anyone who is interested in history or politics.

The book is well written and flows easily. I felt it was well researched and was a book that filled a void created by the secrets and deceptions imposed on our nation during the entirety of WW11.

When the Administration adopted the "Ends justify the means" policy laced with lies and deception, thousands upon thousands of lives were lost in the Pacific, and many of our good military officer's lives were changed forever,their reputations tarnished beyond repair.

Perhaps this book brought some measure of closure to an entire nation. It is a shame it was so long in coming.
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Reviewed in the United States on March 7, 2018
Read and draw your own conclusion. Toland took a lot of heat for writing this book. Written in his typical style and using source documents. Journal accounts, court marshal transcripts and congressional reports. Must read for the WWII buff.
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Reviewed in the United States on March 15, 2013
Make no mistake, this is the one John Toland work that brings any real controversy or strong opinions with it. Considering it covers a controversial event, that is not a bad thing. Toland provides a solid account of the attack on Pearl Harbor, and the various proceedings that resulted from it. The attention to detail is excellent as usual in a Toland work. Toland makes a good case for some of his arguments for a cover up but his summary chapter went a bit far in my humble opinion. To come to a conclusion that FDR and a few others drew Japan and the U.S. into an unavoidable war is a bit absurd. The Japanese brought the war upon themselves by their imperialistic desires that began in 1931, before FDR was POTUS. Certainly the U.S. deserves some of the blame for the strong arm tactics it employed against Japan but Japan started it and the U.S. finished it in 1945 with the dropping of the atomic bombs. Other than the ending, I enjoyed the read. Toland did not convince me there was a cover up but he got me at least considering it more seriously than ever before. Easy to read, narrative style as usual with Toland. This is a solid read for anyone interested in World War II related material on Pearl Harbor.
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Reviewed in the United States on March 9, 2015
After reading the thoroughly researched and convincingly reported events leading up to the attack on Pearl Harbor, Mr. Toland has exposed one of the most shameful events in the history of WWII, namely the complete coverup of the pre-knowledge of the attack on Pearl Harbor by the Army, Navy and the Executive branch of our government. Having felt it was necessary for war with Japan to begin by an attack by Japan in order to silence American isolationists, the heads of military and government were willing to sacrifice ships, aircraft and men to achieve their goal. Furthermore, they callously laid blame on two innocent men, Admiral Kimmel and General Short, and continued their vilification of these men through false and misleading investigations and destruction of pertinent documents. It is a disgusting commentary on the duplicity of our leaders. Read it and weep.
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Reviewed in the United States on May 1, 2015
It was an interesting read, but way too much detail repeated quite often. One of those books that you're not quite sure if you want to finish or just put it away...I did finish it, but took a long time. My wife lost an Uncle at Pearl Harbor and they named a ship after him...The USS Willmarth. She attended one of the ships reunions several years ago. That was my interest in reading this book. It's sad to see that he and many, many others died needlessly through the actions or rather inactions of our government, the Army and the Navy. It appears the US goaded Japan into war so the American people would support us getting into the war in Europe. So many appeared to know Japan would attack Pearl Harbor and yet the Army and Navy at Pearl Harbor were completely surprised and why we suffered heavy causalities in human lives and loss of our ships and planes. It certainly give me a very different perspective of Pearl Harbor. Not sure if I'd recommend reading unless you really have a strong interest. I suspect there may be better books that don't dwell so much on the Navy Admiral trying to clear his name and the many government inquisitions set up to get at the truth that were mostly politically motivated to get at whatever predetermined truth they want the public to hear.
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Reviewed in the United States on March 3, 2015
At the time, it appeared obvious the Kimmel and Short were together responsible for the catastrophe at Pearl Harbor. This book makes it clear that they were pawns in the game and were duly sacrificed to further the American war effort. It reduces Roosevelt's culpability when we realize that he did not know about the Japanese ability to run torpedoes at the shallow depths in Pearl, allowing them to create such havoc.
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Reviewed in the United States on October 14, 2022
Delivery was timely. Book was in excellent condition.
Reviewed in the United States on May 29, 2013
Toland seems to be a dean of pacific war theater historical account writing. I would recommend his research and writing for the need to find alternative views of WWII events than those commonly accepted views of the American public (at that time of events, or just following the time of events). Toland is also able to research Japanese viewpoints to WWII events as well (at least the official viewpoints of leaders.
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Robert A. Turnbull
5.0 out of 5 stars Amazing detail yet still very readable. I never really understood the Japanese reasons and motives
Reviewed in Canada on February 13, 2022
An incredibly detailed history yet still very readable. I had never truly understood the Japanese motives and reasons for the war. Now to read his follow up book to see if in fact top US military and political leaders knew Pearl Harbour was coming.
Sparrow Kelly
5.0 out of 5 stars Thought provoking.
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on December 18, 2022
The author sets out to prove that Roosevelt and the Chiefs of staff knew beforehand that the Japanese were about to attack Pearl Harbour and to explain why they did nothing.
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Robert G McPherson
5.0 out of 5 stars Very well written and one of the first books to ...
Reviewed in Canada on February 17, 2018
Very well written and one of the first books to tell the other side of the Kimmel-Short story. Thought-provoking and revealing.
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Reviewed in Canada on April 9, 2018
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Fernando Hoyos
2.0 out of 5 stars I found it's scope a bit too narrow historically for ...
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on December 3, 2016
I found it's scope a bit too narrow historically for such a long book and, for most of it, not engaging reading at all.
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