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Title: Pearl Harbor

Subtitle: From Infamy to Greatness

Author: Craig Nelson

Narrator: George Guidall

Format: Unabridged

Length: 18 hrs and 55 mins

Language: English

Release date: 09-20-16

Publisher: Simon & Schuster Audio

Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 112 votes

Genres: History, 20th Century

Publisher's Summary:

Published in time for the 75th anniversary, a gripping and definitive account of the event that changed 20th-century America - Pearl Harbor - based on years of research and new information uncovered by a New York Times best-selling author.

The America we live in today was born not on July 4, 1776, but on December 7, 1941, when almost 400 Japanese planes attacked the US Pacific Fleet, killing 2,400 men and sinking or damaging 16 ships. In Pearl Harbor: From Infamy to Greatness, Craig Nelson follows, moment by moment, the sailors, soldiers, pilots, admirals, generals, emperors, and presidents, all starting with a pre-polio assistant secretary of the navy, Franklin D. Roosevelt, attending the laying of the keel of the USS Arizona at the Brooklyn Navy Yard, against the backdrop of the imperial, military, and civilian leaders of Japan lurching into ultranationalist fascism, all culminating in an insanely daring scheme to shock the Allies with a technologically revolutionary mission in one of the boldest military stories ever told - one with consequences that continue to echo in our lives today.

Besides the little-understood history of how and why Japan attacked America, we can hear the abandoned record player endlessly repeating "Sunrise Serenade" as the Japanese bombs hit the deck of the California; we feel terror as navy wives, helped by their Japanese maids, upturn couches for cover and hide with their children in caves from a rumored invasion; and we understand the mix of frustration and triumph as a lone American teenager shoots down a Japanese bomber. Backed by a research team's five years of efforts with archives and interviews, producing nearly a million pages of documents, as well as a thorough reexamination of the original evidence produced by federal investigators, this definitive history provides a blow-by-blow account from both the Japanese and American perspectives and is a historical drama on the greatest scale. Nelson delivers all the terror, chaos, violence, tragedy, and heroism of the attack in stunning detail and offers surprising conclusions about the tragedy's unforeseen and resonant consequences.

Members Reviews:

Worst recording ever from audible

I have downloaded dozens of books from audible. Undoubtedly, this is the absolute worst recording I've ever listened too. Bad audio, glitches, varying speed. I deserve my money back on this one. I was interested in the subject matter or I never would have made it to the end. Terrible.

Outstanding!

Outstanding, even-handed account of Pearl Harbor. The author provides a detailed analysis of what went wrong at Pearl Harbor and does so in a fascinating, engaging way. The narrator is among the best there is.

Amazing Research To A Story We All Thought We New

Many of the facts about the surprise attack on Pearl Harbor we already know or thought we did. Nelson brings new facts into what happened in the months leading up to Pearl Harbor and tells us a story in context of what really happened on that terrible Sunday. morning. The incompetence of the US Army and Navy leaders and the warnings they ignored will leave you angry. As always George Guidall does a great job with the narration.

Good Book Ruined by Horrible Narration and Quality

It's hard to get past the very bad narration and horrendous audio quality of this audio book, despite the well told story of the events leading to Pearl Harbor.