Review: Countdown to Pearl Harbor: The Twelve Days to the Attack by Steve Twomey

Title: Countdown to Pearl Harbor: The Twelve Days to the Attack
Author:Steve Twomey
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Publication Date: November 1, 2016
Edition: ebook (384 pages)
Category: nonfiction

Countdown to Pearl Harbor: The Twelve Days to the Attack by Steve Twomey

My rating: 5 of 5 stars


Countdown to Pearl Harbor: The Twelve Days to the Attack by Steve Twomey is the most interesting book, to date, I have read about the attack on Pearl Harbor. The reason for this is that Mr. Twomey writes in great detail about the personalities of the people most closely concerned with the attack--what they knew, how they learned about events leading up to December 7, 1941, and what they did or did not act on when information came to them. I found the account fascinating.

My parents were both adults at the time of the Pearl Harbor attack, so I grew up on stories they and others in my family told about where they were and what they were doing when they learned of it. All those years later, the feelings still ran deep and the emotion came to the surface. I think that is one of the reasons I have such an interest in World War II. In December of 1988, I had the privilege of visiting the Arizona Memorial. It is an experience I will never forget. The smell of oil is still there, and the atmosphere is one of reverence.

I highly recommend this book if you are interested in the events and happenings in the days leading up to the attack, and the personalities of some intimately involved with it as well as some in the armed services of the United States and Japan.