Noted Reagan biographer and New York Times bestselling author Craig Shirley, who in 2013 wrote December 1941: 31 Days that Changed America and Saved the World, joined Breitbart News Tonight hosts Steve Bannon and Alex Marlow for a riveting discussion of the infamous Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor that launched America into World War II.
A brief excerpt from the Amazon book blurb on December 1941 demonstrates Shirley’s depth of knowledge and understanding of the subject, which he shares in the audio below.
In the days before the attack on Pearl Harbor, eyes in America were focused on the war in Europe or distracted by the elevated mood sweeping the country in the final days of the Great Depression. But when planes dropped out of a clear blue sky and bombed the American naval base and aerial targets in Hawaii, all of that changed. December 1941 takes readers into the moment-by-moment ordeal of a nation waking to war.
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December 1941 features surprising revelations, amusing anecdotes, and heart-wrenching stories, and also explores the unique religious and spiritual dimension of a culture under assault on the eve of Christmas. Before the attack on Pearl Harbor, the closest thing to war for the Americans was uncoordinated, mediocre war games in South Carolina. Less than thirty days later, by the end of December 1941, the nation was involved in a pitched battle for the preservation of its very way of life, a battle that would forever change the nation and the world.
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