Tora! Tora! Tora!: Pearl Harbor 1941

Author(s): Mark Stille

Military

In the early hours of December 7, 1941, the Japanese First Air Fleet launched a massive air-strike against the American Pacific Fleet based at Pearl Harbor in Hawaii. Supported by a group of midget submarines, the attack gutted the American battleship fleet but, owing to a lack of intelligence, the American aircraft carriers they hoped to destroy were not present. In this new study of the raid, Mark Stille reexamines the political context of the attack and the intelligence operations of both sides, and gives a detailed analysis of all the major events during the battle. Backed with numerous photographs, diagrams, maps, and artwork, this book is a complete study of the Japanese attack that awoke ‘the sleeping giant’.

General Information

  • : 9781849085090
  • : Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
  • : Osprey Publishing
  • : 0.263
  • : 07 November 2011
  • : 248mm X 184mm X 6mm
  • : United Kingdom
  • : books

Other Specifications

  • : Mark Stille
  • : Paperback
  • : Jim Laurier
  • : Jim Laurier
  • : 940.5426693
  • : 80
  • : 48 b/w; 4 col
  • : 48 b/w; 4 col

More About The Product

A complete examination of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, including the political and intelligence aspects of the raid.

Mark E. Stille (Commander, United States Navy, retired) received his BA in history from the University of Maryland and also holds an MA from the Naval War College. He has worked in the intelligence community for 30 years including tours on the faculty of the Naval War College, on the Joint Staff and on US Navy ships. He is currently a senior analyst working in the Washington DC area. He is the author of numerous Osprey titles, focusing on naval history in the Pacific. He is also the author of several wargames.