At Dawn We Slept: The Untold Story of Pearl Harbor
- ISBN-10
- 0140157344
- ISBN-13
- 9780140157345
- Series
- At Dawn We Slept
- Category
- History
- Pages
- 889
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1991
- Publisher
- Penguin
- Author
- Gordon W. Prange
Description
Records the planning and execution of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, and looks at what it reveals about American leadership
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