December 8, 1941 : MacArthur's Pearl Harbor / William H. Bartsch

Title

December 8, 1941 : MacArthur's Pearl Harbor / William H. Bartsch

Subject

MacArthur, Douglas, 1880-1964.
World War, 1939-1945--Aerial operations, American.
World War, 1939-1945--Aerial operations, Japanese.
World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Philippines.

Description

A thoroughly researched account of the events which led to, and which occurred on December 8, 1941, climaxing in the virtually unopposed Japanese attack on Clark Field, and the destruction of the majority of MacArthur’s bombed force.

Presents both Japanese and American sides, from the highest decision-level to the pilots’ and mechanics’ viewpoints, utilizing diaries, interviews and other primary sources to reconstruct, in a riveting manner, the tragic sequence of events which cost MacArthur his air force on the first day of the war.

This volume is the second volume in the series of Historic Documents of World War II.

Creator

Bartsch, William H.

Publisher

College Station, TX : Texas A&M University Press, c2003

Date

2003

Format

25 x 17 cm.

Type

Hardbound

Identifier

1585442461

Call Number

D 767.4 .B37 2003

Accession Number

13583

Series

Historic Documents of World War II ; 2

Pagination

viii, 557 p.

Illustration

ill.

Files

Collection

Citation

Bartsch, William H., “December 8, 1941 : MacArthur's Pearl Harbor / William H. Bartsch,” FHL-Roderick Hall, accessed December 16, 2025, https://fhl.omeka.net/items/show/822.