Long Day's Journey into War

Pearl Harbor and a World at War—December 7, 1941

Stanley Weintraub

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Rowman and Littlefield
04 February 2022

History; Second World War

"Long Day's Journey Into War recaptures the whirlwind events sweeping the globe on the calendar day that may be the most momentous of the twentieth century. In this riveting re-creation, the vast, worldwide scope of the major turning point of World War II comes to unforgettable life.

In Washington, D.C., the U.S. and Japanese governments move toward irreversible confrontation. In Tokyo, Emperor Hirohito strains to hear, amid the crackling radio static, the first reports of war. Landings in Malaya and Thailand at midnight are timed to coincide across the thousands of miles of ocean with carrier-plane and suicide-sub attacks at daylight on Hawaii.

In Russia, in the subzero snows, the German onslaught crests against the furious counterattacks of a Red Army rising from its ruins. In North Africa, in the torrid sands about besieged Tobruk, Rommel's Afrika Korps discovers its limits. In Nazi-occupied Europe, in a bleak Polish forest, Hitler's ""final solution"" is given its first grisly trial run.

In the kaleidoscope of Stanley Weintraub's narrative, events reveal themselves in dramatic hour-by-hour simultaneous time as scenes shift from frontlines to home fronts. Meticulously researched, startling in its revelations and in its juxtaposition of events, Long Day's Journey Into War is gripping, riveting history. (6 X 9, 752 pages, b&w photos, maps)"

By: Stanley Weintraub
Imprint: Rowman and Littlefield
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 230mm, Width: 153mm, Spine: 43mm
Weight: 1.034kg
ISBN: 9781493059508
ISBN 10: 1493059505
Pages: 746
Publication Date: 04 February 2022
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Stanley Weintraub was Evan Pugh Professor of Arts and Humanities at Pennsylvania State University. He wrote many acclaimed books, including numerous histories on the Great War and World War II.