The editors have striven, however, to retain the essence of Professor Prange’s monumental research to present the story of Pearl Harbor as seen from both the Japanese and American points of view in the context of the time. Dillon, USAF (Ret.), continued the massive job of editing a multivolume manuscript totaling more than 3,500 pages into the present work. In accordance with his wishes, two of his former students, Dr.
Prange, whose untimely death occurred in May 1980. This work is the culmination of thirty-seven years of study and research by Gordon W. Dillon is a chief warrant officer, USAF (Ret).
Goldstein is associate professor of public and international affairs at the University of Pittsburgh. The result is this truly distinguished epic.ĭonald M. The scope of his research is without equal. He interviewed virtually every surviving Japanese officer who took part in the Pearl Harbor operation, as well as every important U.S. He knew more about the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor than any other person. Prange spent thirty-seven years preparing this book. He therefore brought to his research and writing about Pearl Harbor an unusual experience of background in the Army and Navy as well as in the academic field. From October 1946 to June 1951 he was chief of General Douglas MacArthur’s G-2 Historical Section, and from June through July 1951 he was acting director of the Military History Section. During World War II he served as an officer in the Naval Reserve, and during the occupation of Japan, from December 1945 until July 1951, he joined General Headquarters, Far East Command, Tokyo, as a civilian.
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He taught history at the University of Maryland as an instructor, assistant professor, associate professor, and full professor from 1937 until his death in May 1980. He was educated at the University of Iowa and the University of Berlin. Prange was born in Pomeroy, Iowa, on July 16, 1910. “Diligent, thorough, and evenhanded_._._._ At Dawn We Slept is the definitive account of Pearl Harbor.” “From first to last-responsible, intelligent, absorbing_._._._the book is most outstanding.” “An unparalleled historical achievement_._._._the account reads with the intensity of a suspense novel.” “It is, without question, the finest, fullest, most authoritative objective account yet published of the attack and the events leading to it as seen from both the American and Japanese sides.” “An exciting and important book filled with irony, human interest, and surprise_._._._the most complete and fascinating of all the Pearl Harbor accounts” “It will be the single, essential work on the subject from now on.”
“ Prange’s exhaustive interviews of people on both sides enable him to tell the story in such personal terms that the reader is bound to feel its power._._._._It is impossible to forget such an account.” “Fast-paced and engrossing_._._._if any book can be called ‘definitive,’ At Dawn We Slept deserves the accolade.” May be incomplete or contain other coding. Dillon.īibliographic record and links to related information available from the Library of Congress catalogĬopyrighted sample text provided by the publisher and used with permission.
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