Burgan, Michael The Attack on Pearl Harbor

Burgan, Michael   The Attack on Pearl Harbor     

Marshall Cavendish/Benchmark  2012  143p  27.95  

978-1-60870-448-4 hs/adult      E-BNS        

    Provides a history and multiviewpoint presentation of the 6 December 1941 attack on the   U.S. Navy base at Pearl Harbor, and how this event plunged the United States into World War II.     

    Using personal accounts, the historical record, and a variety of other sources, this title provides an outstanding overview of the events surrounding the Attack on Pearl Harbor of 1941. Thrown liberally throughout the very informative and engaging text, sidebars highlight turning points “The decision for war”, page 54, personal memories “Camp Life”, page 78, and important events “From the waters of Pearl Harbor”, page 104. Well illustrated, the book concludes with a timeline, notes organized by chapter, “further information ( a variety of print and media), a bibliography both print and web, and an index.   Perspectives On(MC)      

    Fourteen titles complete this series and, if all are as worthwhile as this would be a very worthy edition to any middle school, high school or public library.      Pearl Harbor (Hawaii), Attack on, 1941    Lyn Fisher