Pearl Harbor : FDR Leads the Nation Into War

Franklin D. Roosevelt famously called December 7, 1941, "a date which will live in infamy." History would prove him correct; the events of that day — when the Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor — ended the Great Depression, changed the course of FDR's presidency, and swept America into World War II. In Pearl Harbor , acclaimed historian Steven M. Gillon provides a vivid, minute-by-minute account of Roosevelt's skillful leadership in the wake of the most devastating military assault in American history. FDR proved both decisive and deceptive, inspiring the nation while keeping the real facts of the attack a secret from congressional leaders and the public. Pearl Harbor explores the anxious and emotional events surrounding the attack on Pearl Harbor, showing how the president and the American public responded in the pivotal twenty-four hours that followed, a period in which America burst from precarious peace into total war. Your boys are not going to be sent into any foreign wars Do not let the talks deteriorate This means war This is no drill! Have you heard the news? I don't know how secure this phone is Infamy Get to the White House fastasyoucan Do you think we ought to have soldiers around the White House? We are all in the same boat now Deadly calm I will go down in disgrace 1861 Where were our forces asleep I hope Mr. Capone doesn't mind Epilogue. From the early-morning onslaught to FDR's famous message to congress, this title revisits the anxious and emotional hours after Pearl Harbor - a pivot point that swept America into World War II. Explores the anxious and emotional events surrounding the attack on Pearl Harbor, showing how the president and the American public responded in the pivotal hours that followed the attack.