Show 63 - Supernova in the East II

If you're looking for a modern up-to-date discussion about Pearl Harbor, that's a great read. Nelson does a great job in bringing these characters back to life and giving you a real sense and feel for it.

In his very good book on Pearl Harbor called Pearl Harbor from infamy to greatness, author Craig Nelson quotes some of the wonderful pieces of dialogue that were extracted after the fact that look either prophetic or, you know, shows some sort of vulnerability that was exploited by the surprise attack.

A great book with different scholars writing each chapter, complicating the picture of the Nanking incident. The Japanese editor noted that contributors faced threats for their writings.

I like the way it's described in that dawn we slept. When you think about the unbelievable amount of tension, someone like, oh, I don't know, Admiral Nagumo with the strike force would have felt.

Historian John Toland in a book that was written way back in 1970, but still has some value inside it despite being outdated in other respects, including what we know about the emperor.

In his book, Target, Pearl Harbor, author Michael Slackman describes the opening of this attack, and it's pretty clear that the torpedoes work.

A Chinese historian gives the recognized Chinese view of the Nanking massacre, detailing the horrific events and the scale of killings and rapes that occurred.