Bibliography

THE PEARL HARBOR ATTACK: December 7, 1941
"The date that will live in infamy"
 

The following books are available at the Newton Free Library. The Newton Free Library, as well as the Minuteman Library Network, has many other books and videocassettes to help readers learn more about the Japanese raid on Pearl Harbor, which was one of the great defining moments in history. The listed Web sites can also be very useful and informative. Ask a librarian, if you need help.

Carlisle, Rodney P. One Day in History--December 7, 1941. New York: Collins, c2007. 973.931 S47C 2007

Gannon, Michael. Pearl Harbor Betrayed: The True Story of a Man and a Nation Under Attack. New York: H. Holt, 2001. 940.542 GANNON 2001

Goldstein, Donald M., ed. The Pearl Harbor Papers: Inside the Japanese Plans. Washington, DC: Brassey's, c1993. 940.542 P31G 1993

Isaacs, Sir Jeremy (Director). The World at War (DVD videorecordings). New York: A & E Home Video, 2004. DVD 791.45 W83W ("An extraordinary collection of newsreel, propaganda, and home-movie footage drawn from the archives of 18 nations.")

Jasper, Joy Waldron. The USS Arizona: The Ship, the Men, the Pearl Harbor Attack, and the Symbol That Aroused America. New York: St. Martin's Press, 2001. 940.542 JASPER 2001

La Forte, Robert S. (Editor). Remembering Pearl Harbor: Eyewitness Accounts by U.S. Military Men and Women. Wilmington, DE: SR Books, 1991. 940.542 R28L 1991

Layton, Edwin T. "And I Was There": Pearl Harbor and Midway--Breaking the Secrets. New York: W. Morrow, c1985. 940.542 L45A 1985

National Geographic. Pearl Harbor: Legacy of Attack (DVD videorecording). Washington, DC: National Geographic Video, 2001. DVD 940.542 PEARL

Odo, Franklin. No Sword to Bury: Japanese Americans in Hawaii during World War II. Philadelphia: Temple University Press, c2004. 973.049 ODO 2004

Palmer, Greg. Perilous Fight: America's World War II in Color (DVD videorecording). Alexandria, VA: PBS Home Video, c2003. DVD 973.52 PERILOUS

Phister, Jeff. Battleship Oklahoma, BB-37. Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, c2008. 359.325 P55B 2008

Raymer, Edward C. Descent into Darkness: Pearl Harbor, 1941: A Navy Diver's Memoir. Novato, CA: Presidio, c1996. 940.542 R21D 1996

Richardson, K. D. Reflections of Pearl Harbor: An Oral History of December 7, 1941. Westport, CT: Praeger Publishers, 2005. 940.542 RICHARDSON 2005

Rosenberg, Emily S. A Date Which Will Live: Pearl Harbor in American Memory. Durham: Duke University Press, 2003. 940.542 ROSENBERG 2003

Russell, Henry Dozier. Pearl Harbor Story. Macon, GA: Mercer University Press, 2001. 940.542 RUSSELL 2001

Smith, Carl. Pearl Harbor 1941: The Day of Infamy. Westport, CT: Praeger, c2004. 940.542 SMITH 2001

Stinnett, Robert B. Day of Deceit: The Truth about FDR and Pearl Harbor. New York: Free Press, c2000. 940.542 S85D 1999

Streissguth, Thomas, ed. The Attack on Pearl Harbor. San Diego, CA: Greenhaven Press, c2002. 940.542 ATTACK 2002

Van der Vat, Dan. Pearl Harbor: The Day of Infamy: An Illustrated History. New York: Basic Books, c2001. 940.542 VAN DER VAT 2001

Victor, George. The Pearl Harbor Myth: Rethinking the Unthinkable. Washington, DC: Potomac Books, c2007. 940.542 V66P 2007

Willmott, H. P. Pearl Harbor. London: Cassell, c2001. 940.542 WILLMOTT 2001

Worth, Roland H. Pearl Harbor: Selected Testimonies, Fully Indexed, from the Congressional Hearings (1945-1946) and Prior Investigations of the Events Leading Up to the Attack. Jefferson, NC: McFarland & Company, 1993. REF 940.542 W89P 1993
 

INTERNET RESOURCES

http://plasma.nationalgeographic.com/pearlharbor/  
“Remembering Pearl Harbor” as only National Geographic can in words, pictures, and videos.

www.eyewitnesstohistory.com/pearl.htm  
An award-winning college Web site brings you “history through the eyes of those who lived it.”

www.history.navy.mil/index.html  
Home page of the U S Navy Naval Historical Center. Use the Search button for "Pearl Harbor Attack" Also see:
www.history.navy.mil/faqs/faq66-1.htm
www.history.navy.mil/photos/events/wwii-pac/pearlhbr/pearlhbr.htm

Blog posts about Pearl Harbor Attack

http://wizbangblog.com/content/2008/12/07/lessons-from-pearl-harbor.php
Lessons from Pearl Harbor

http://www.theodoresworld.net/archives/2008/12/pearl_harbor_remembrance_decem.html
Pearl Harbor Remembrance

www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/12/07/pearl-harbor-commemoratio_n_149039.html
Commemoration focuses on US response


This bibliography is being funded through the Metrowest Massachusetts Regional Library System.

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