Target--Pearl Harbor

by SLACKMAN, Michael

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Title Statements

Full title :Target--Pearl Harbor / Michael Slackman.

Edition Statements

Publication Date:©1990.

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):Arizona Memorial Museum Association, University of Hawai'i Press
Place of Publication:Honolulu
Language:eng
Publication Date:©1990.

The Physical Object

Description:xii, 354 pages : : illustrations, maps ; : 24 cm

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:0824811232, 9780824811235, 0824813782, 9780824813789
oclc:ocm20996265
LC Classification:D767.92
Dewey Decimal:940.54/26

Part I. Setting the stage for disaster -- Challenge and response -- Yamamoto's master plan -- "No credence in these rumors" -- The orange race -- A classic misunderstanding -- Part II. The attack on Battleship Row -- The approach -- An unobstructed run -- The torpedo attack -- The bomb attack -- The end of Arizona -- Part III. The air battles -- Machine guns on workbenches -- Against the odds -- A "practically perfect" attack -- Part IV. More havoc at Pearl -- "Captain, they're here!" -- A battleship admiral's notice -- Tending the wounded -- Part V. The aftermath -- Return flight -- What next? -- Stranded -- Assessing losses and damage -- Part VI. America reacts -- Girding for invasion -- A question of loyalty -- Operation K -- Salvage and repair -- Reactions and reflections.

Subjects

15.50 general world history; history of… 15.75 history of Asia Guerre mondiale (1939-1945) -- Campagne… Hawaii Japan Pearl Harbor Pearl Harbor (Hawaii) -- Überfall Pearl Harbor (Hawaii), Attack on, 1941 Pearl Harbor, Attaque sur, 1941 United States