Pearl Harbor: The Way It Was, December 7, 1941

"December 6, 1941 was a lovely, calm day in the Hawaiian Islands." So begins Pearl Harbor: The Way It Was. By the next day, the idyllic picture was shattered when Japanese warplanes swarmed the area, sinking American battleships and killing thousands. Veteran author Scott C. S. Stone presents a compelling, moment-by-moment account of the event that changed history. Compelling text and stunning black-and-white and color photographs and drawings, many of them previously unpublished, take readers into the theatre of war. The book illustrates and describes the Japanese warplanes involved, and shows detailed maps of the position of the Pacific Fleet at the time of the attack and attack routes taken by the Japanese. Newspaper headlines and complete lists of Americans who died or were missing offer a timely reminder of the human cost of war.