Pearl Harbor, Steven M. Gillon
Pearl Harbor, Steven M. Gillon
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Pearl Harbor
FDR Leads the Nation into War

Author: Steven M. Gillon

Narrator: John Pruden

Unabridged: 6 hr 40 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 10/25/2011

Synopsis

Franklin D. Roosevelt famously called December 7, 1941, "a date which will live in infamy." History would prove him correct; the events of that day—when the Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor—ended the Great Depression, changed the course of FDR's presidency, and swept America into World War II.

In Pearl Harbor, acclaimed historian Steven M. Gillon provides a vivid, minute-by-minute account of Roosevelt's skillful leadership in the wake of the most devastating military assault in American history. FDR proved both decisive and deceptive, inspiring the nation while keeping the real facts of the attack a secret from congressional leaders and the public. Pearl Harbor explores the anxious and emotional events surrounding the attack on Pearl Harbor, showing how the president and the American public responded in the pivotal twenty-four hours that followed, a period in which America burst from precarious peace into total war.

About Steven M. Gillon

Steven M. Gillon is a professor of history at the University of Oklahoma and a resident historian for the History Channel. He is the author of books including The Kennedy Assassination-24 Hours After, The American Paradox: A History of the United States Since 1945, and The Pact: Bill Clinton, Newt Gingrich, and the Rivalry that Defined a Generation. Steven lives in New York and Oklahoma.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Michael

A very interesting read if not a slightly misleading title. What you get in this book is a look at Franklin D Roosevelt’s leadership of the USA into war. Pearl Harbour is the catalyst for this but if you are looking for a history of the Pearl Harbour incident look elsewhere. The author gives us great......more

Goodreads review by Kristi

Short, concise book about the first 24 hours after the bombing at Pearl Harbor, as FDR labors to gain a sense for what actually happened and shapes the official response he will deliver to the public. To anyone who has read much history of the era, the general sweep of the book is familiar. There ar......more

Goodreads review by Jentry

Good book. Learned a little more about FDR and his life / response to Pearl and his leadership into war. Cool to read about the nation uniting through such a horrible event.......more

Goodreads review by Len

Gillon's portrait of FDR in the 24 hours after Japan's attack on Pearl Harbor is one which illuminates and inspires. He paints FDR as a flawed man in many ways, but a man who overcame most of them to lead his nation into the greatest conflagration the world has ever seen. He brings Roosevelt's suppor......more

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