Infamy

Pearl Harbor and Its Aftermath

By: John Toland

Narrated by: Traber Burns

A revealing and controversial account of the events surrounding Pearl Harbor.

Pulitzer Prize - winning author John Toland presents evidence that FDR and his top advisors knew about the planned Japanese attack but remained silent.

Infamy reveals the conspiracy to cover up the facts and find scapegoats for the greatest disaster in United States military history. New York Times best-seller.

©2017 John Toland (P)2017 Blackstone Audio, Inc.

The quality expected from both Toland and Traber

The quality that we have come to expect from both Author and and narrator. Once you start you don't want to stop, not even for fictional palette cleanser.

Though it should be said that the aftermath referred to is political, not military. The a priori acceptance by FDR of the Pearl Harbor attack as the cost of entering the war. The multiple investigations/coverups of the foreknowledge, The game of hot potato of the blame between Flag Officers and the Whitehouse. The good men ruined because somebody had to be. One man was quite literally driven (temporarily, at least) insane by it.

A very important book

An illustration into just how untrustworthy government is and just how dirty an American icon was.

Volatile & enlightening

Well presented and argued. I appreciate that Toland exposes all sides of the political and military questions that led the U.S. into WW2. He doesn’t demand that the president nor American government was evil, but he does insist mistakes were made and lays out lessons that must be learned. This story is so essential and applicable to today’s world, which might be just as dangerous, if not much more so.

History an argument on ended

What I find remarkable about this story (which came out when I was in college and I didn't have time to read ) is that so much was occurring in the background in prelude to war. Obviously the need to protect the Purple decrypt took precedence and yet most people you would today still believe the attack came as a complete surprise and that's 40 years after this book was published. I also want to complement the reader here for expressing the emotion in the review hearings bye Navy and Army boards for Kimmel and Short and the post-war Congressional hearing.

Incredible

John Tolland is my favorite author. However I have not read Infamy and Would rate this his best. Incredibly researched, gripping, and troubling. Must Read