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Book

The attack on Pearl Harbor

Call Number

  • J 940.5426 BENO (CEN)

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Publication Information

New York : Children's Press, c2013.

Physical Description

64 p. : ill. (some col.), col. map ; 24 cm.

Summary

Traces the events leading up to Japan's attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941, the details of the attack itself, and the ensuing reaction of the United States.

Contents

  • Setting the scene : rising tensions
  • An international event
  • America's dilemma
  • Tora! tora! tora!
  • A nation goes to war
  • Map of the events what happened where?
  • The story continues : a lasting legacy
  • Influential individuals
  • Timeline
  • Living history.

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