"At Dawn We Slept" by Gordon Prange - Worth it?

[mookiemookie]

I picked this one up at our company's used book sale for $2.00 today. I'm the type of guy that has to finish a book once I start it, so I figure I'd ask anyone that's read it - is it worth starting on this 800 page monster? It was written in 1981...is it out of date with what we know about Pearl Harbor today? It is good, bad, indifferent?

[nikimcbee]

I haven't actually read it, but I heard it's one of the best books on PH. I'm embarassed to say I don't own it. On my need to buy list.:D

[Sledgehammer427]

I read it when I realized I was going to fail my senior math course and the teacher didn't bother me. it took a while to get through it, and though I can't remember much (just like the rest of that semester...no drugs or alcohol involved, just a lot of annoying people that made the whole thing easily forgettable)
I did like it, I can't remember anything BAD about it, it's definitely a must read in my opinion, I've read so many books that if I can't remember hating it it must be recommendable! :yeah:

[Sailor Steve]

It's excellent. I was fortunate enough to see one of Prange's co-authors, Donald Goldstein, at a history lecture. They interviewed a great many people involved on both sides. It is still the best book on the subject in my opinion.

[mookiemookie]

:salute: Thanks, guys. I'll start it soon!

[MrYenko]

That book, along with Day of Infamy by Walter Lord, are almost single-handedly responsible for getting me interested in history, when I was a kid.

You know, a little light reading, for a 10 year old... Im a huge nerd. :haha:

I haven't read either of them in quite some time. I need to see if my parents still have mine.