Long Day's Journey in to War; December 7, 1941

Truman Talley Books /Dutton, New York, 1991. First Edition. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Good/Good. Illustrator: Photographic. list of maps, sources and strategies, acknowledgements and index. The text is illustrated with three pages of maps at the beginning of the text and 16 pages of black-and-white photographs between pages 354 and 355. 1/4 black coloured cloth backstrip with silver titles. 3/4 blue/gray coloured boards. Bumping and slight discolouration to the backstrip edges and minor rubbing to the book corners. There has been fading to the extreme edges of the book panels and browning of the text block edges. Plain text dustwrapper with gray coloured titles to the front panel and backstrip. A little rubbing and creasing to the dustwrapper edges and rubbing to the dustwrapper panels. Black-and-white photograph of the author to the rear fold over panel flap. " Long Day's Journey into War captures the whirlwind events sweeping the world on the calendar day that may be the most momentous of the twentieth century. ' A day that will live in infamy' was President Franklin D. Roosevelt's characterisation of the un-quiet Sunday that was, on the western half of the globe, December 7, 1941. In this riveting re-creation, the vast, world wide scope of the major turning point of the World War II comes to unforgettable life." -- from the front fold over panel blurb. The attack on Pearl Harbour by the Japanese. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. XIV, 706 pages,. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Illustrator: Photographic. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 1-2 kilos. Category: History; Politics; Military History -- World War II; Pacific; History -- America. ISBN: 0525933441. ISBN/EAN: 9780525933441. Inventory No: 0107890. . 9780525933441