Danger's Hour: The Story of the USS Bunker Hill and the Kamikaze Pilot Who Crippled Her
By Maxwell Taylor Kennedy
Read by Michael Prichard
Unabridged
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$59.99
ISBN: 9798200132041
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ISBN: 9798200132058
| Runtime: | 17.30 Hours |
| Category: | Nonfiction/History |
| Audience: | Adult |
| Language: | English |
Summary
Summary
Based on extensive interviews with Japanese and American survivors, letters, diaries, and other primary sources, Danger's Hour explores the May 11, 1945, attack on the USS Bunker Hill, one of the deadliest kamikaze attacks of World War II. The book details the story of the ship herself (a technological marvel), her crew, and her kamikaze adversaries. Maxwell Taylor Kennedy shows how crucial this battle was to victory in the Pacific, even though it was overshadowed by the almost simultaneous surrender of the Nazis in Europe. With this extensive research, Kennedy tells the human story on both sides of the battle.Editorial Reviews
Editorial Reviews
The author combines extensive archival research with interviews of American and Japanese participants in a spellbinding account showing that much more than geopolitics was at stake in the Pacific war. —Publishers Weekly
Kennedy’s text covers the struggle to save the ship, succor her injured, and bury her dead. Solid in the disaster-at-sea department, Kennedy’s book, with its original slant on Ogawa, will be of particular interest to the WWII readership. —Booklist
“This is a riveting, thought-provoking, superbly written history that unfolds and surprises like a novel. What we are permitted to participate in is nothing short of hell: a glimpse into the most asymmetrical warfare we Americans have ever faced—the kamikaze pilot.” —Ken Burns, director, producer, and author of The Roosevelts
A spellbinding account showing that much more than geopolitics was at stake in the Pacific war. —Publishers Weekly
Author
Author Bio: Maxwell Taylor Kennedy
Maxwell Taylor Kennedy, son of Robert F. Kennedy, is a professor at Boston College and the bestselling author of Make Gentle the Life of This World. He graduated from Harvard University, where he majored in American history, and he served for three years as assistant district attorney in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
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| Available Formats : | Retail CD, MP3 CD |
| Category: | Nonfiction/History |
| Runtime: | 17.30 |
| Audience: | Adult |
| Language: | English |
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