Pearl Harbor Ghosts: The Legacy of December 7, 1941

A landmark book published to rave reviews a decade ago, PearlHarborGhosts has now been updated to commemorate the 60th anniversary of the surprise attack that forever changed the course of history.

Full of gripping drama and vibrant details, here is the intimate human story of the events surrounding that fateful day of December 7, 1941–the glamorous tropical city that seemed too beautiful to suffer devastation .

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the stunned naval personnel whose lives would permanently be divided into before and after Pearl Harbor .

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the ordinary Honolulu residents who were tragically unprepared to be the first target in the Pacific war .

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the Japanese pilots who manned the squadron of deadly silver bombers .

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and the island’s community of Japanese- Americans whose lives would never be the same again.

Blending meticulous historic recreation with lively reporting, Clarke counterpoints the freeze-frame nightmare of the 1941 bombing with the disturbing realities of present-day Honolulu, where hundreds of veterans, both American and Japanese, converge each year to relive every hour of the attack.