The Attack On Pearl Harbour - Tapa dura

A descripton of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbour on 7th December, 1941, which destroyed the US Pacific fleet and brought America into the Second World War. Eyewitness accounts and contemporary sources are used to recreate the events leading up to the attack and to describe the air raid and its immediate aftermath. The author looks at the reasons for Japan's success and places the Pearl Habour attack in the wider context of Japanese aims and military moves in the Far East. With a glossary, further reading list and index the book may be of interest to GCSE students and those preparing for the Standard Grade in Scotland.