Pearl Harbor: 5 top books on the attack

2. At Dawn We Slept: The Untold Story of Pearl Harbor

When At Dawn We Slept: The Untold Story of Pearl Harbor was released in 1982, the story of the Pearl Harbor attack was still mostly a one-sided conversation. Author Gordon Prange went one step further, conducting interviews with both American and Japanese leaders as part of his extensive research on the pre-attack details. Some readers consider "At Dawn We Slept" to be the most detailed and objective and account of the attack on Pearl Harbor available.

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