num_pages: 479
description: Currently being serialized prior to publication in Look magazine, John Toland's But Not in Shame is a compelling, candid appraisal of one of America's most controversial periods, the 1st 6 months of warfare after the Pearl Harbor attack. Big &amp; sweeping, hotly recalling &amp; recording many sensationalized episodes, often igniting all the powderkeg suspense of a thriller, this appears to be a work of popular punch &amp; persuasion, undoubtedly destined for some best-seller notchings. Based on documents, manuscripts, private diaries, letters, hundreds of interviews in 8 countries with generals &amp; admirals, privates &amp; civilians, including Homilo, Nimitz &amp; Akirn Nara, But Not in Shame has both the aura of authenticity &amp; the sting of a not-till-now-could-it-be-told disclosure. It tackles much of the sub-rosa political intrigue &amp; hysteria of American &amp; British policy, the agonizing early Pacific defeats, Singapore's shocking downfall, MacArthur's escape to Australia, the unplanned, gratuitous barbarism of the average Japanese soldier towards American &amp; Filipino prisoners on the infamous Death March, the brutal Java Sea battle, Bataan's tragic surrender &amp; the ultimate Midway victory. It analyses Japanese tactics, our own shortsightedness, unpreparedness &amp; confusion, along with many telling portraits of Roosevelt, Wainwright, Colin Kelly, Doolittle, Colonel Hattori, Halsey, Tom Dooley &amp; all the other famous figures &amp; the myths &amp; tales that rose around them. This is hard-hitting, snappy, gripping &amp; gritty set-the-record-straight reporting, a major addition to the coverage of the Pacific WWII campaign, one which will hardly go unnoticed.--Kirkus (edited)Part I - Timetable for ConquestPart II - The Defenses CrumblePart III - Battle for BataanPart IV - Death of Two EmpiresPart V - The Battling Bastards of BataanPart VI - From Humiliation to VictoryAcknowledgmentsNotesIndex
language: English
title: But Not in Shame: The Six Months After Pearl Harbor
titlecomplete: But Not in Shame: The Six Months After Pearl Harbor
genres: Military Fiction, History, Japan, World War II, American History, War, Military History, Nonfiction
ratings_count: 134
awards: awardedAt: -283968000000
name: Cornelius Ryan Award
publisher: Random House (NYC)