This Is No Drill - The History of NAS Pearl Harbor and the Japanese Attacks of 7 December 1941

Offers a detailed combat narrative of the 7 December 1941 Japanese attack on NAS Pearl Harbor. The book focuses on descriptions of actions in the air and on the ground at the deepest personal and tactical levels, from both the American and Japanese perspectives, with many of the photos from Japanese sources appearing in print for the first time.

Info autore

Military historian J. Michael Wenger has co-written eleven books, and numerous journal articles, newspaper features, and reviews. His main interest is Japanese carrier aviation and doctrine in World War II. He lives in Raleigh, North Carolina. Naval historian Robert J. Cressman lives in Silver Spring, Maryland. His The Official Chronology of the United States Navy in World War II received a John Lyman Book Award (1999) and his body of work on U.S. naval aviation history was recognized by the Admiral Arthur W. Radford Award (2008). Military historianJohn Di Virgilio lives in Honolulu, Hawaii. He is the author of two groundbreaking articles related to Pearl Harbor and is recognized for his extensive research on Japanese naval ordnance, and for his illustrated Pearl Harbor battleship damage profiles.

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Offers a detailed combat narrative of the 7 December 1941 Japanese attack on NAS Pearl Harbor. The book focuses on descriptions of actions in the air and on the ground at the deepest personal and tactical levels, from both the American and Japanese perspectives, with many of the photos from Japanese sources appearing in print for the first time.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Robert J Cressman, Robert J. Cressman, John F Di Virgilio, John F. Di Virgilio, John F. Di Virgilio, J Michael Wenger, J. Michael Wenger
• Editore: Naval Institute Press
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 31.10.2018
• EAN: 9781682471814
• ISBN: 978-1-68247-181-4
• Pagine: 288
• Dimensioni: 218 mm x 281 mm x 22 mm
• Peso: 1084 g
• Serie: Pearl Harbor Tactical Studies; Pearl Harbor Tactical Studies Series; Pearl Harbor Tactical Studies; Pearl Harbor Tactical Studies Series
• Categorie: Saggistica > Storia > Altro; Scienze umane, arte, musica > Storia > Tematiche generali, enciclopedie