The Way It Was - Pearl Harbor: The Original Photographs (America Goes to War) - Softcover

Wenger, J. Michael

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1574883593 ISBN 13: 9781574883596

Publisher: Potomac Books, Inc., 1995

Synopsis

From Library Journal At long last, the familiar and overused photographs of the"Day of Infamy" can be retired. The 430 prints in this new and welcome collection were gathered from various Japanese and U.S. sources, and most have never been seen by the general public. The majority were taken during the height of the air raid itself, many from Japanese cockpits. Along with numerous maps and sketches, they are arranged according to the various phases of the battle and are supplemented with commentary by two of Gordon Prange's coauthors (Goldstein and Katherine V. Dillon). The overall effect is to give the reader an uncanny sense of being present at the battle. This book will make a wonderful companion piece to Prange's now-classic At Dawn We Slept.

About this title

Review:

"Straightforward and graphic." --- THE WASHINGTON POST

"Straightforward and graphic."

About the Author:

Donald M. Goldstein is a retired United States Air Force officer, professor emeritus of public and international affairs at the University of Pittsburgh, where he taught for thirty-five years, a winner of two Peabody Awards, and author of many books. He has also taught at the Air Force Academy, the Air War College, the Air Command and Staff College, the University of Tampa, and Troy State University. He is considered the leading authority on the Pearl Harbor attack. He lives in the Villages, Florida. Katherine V. Dillon (1916-2005) was a chief warrant officer, United States Air Force (retired), and longtime collaborator with Gordon W. Prange and Donald M. Goldstein on their work. She served during World War II and the Korean War.

About this edition

• Publisher: Potomac Books, Inc.
• Publication date: 1995
• ISBN 10: 1574883593
• ISBN 13: 9781574883596
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 192