But Not in Shame, John Toland
But Not in Shame, John Toland
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But Not in Shame
The Six Months after Pearl Harbor

Author: John Toland

Narrator: Traber Burns

Unabridged: 18 hr 19 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 04/25/2020

Synopsis

December 7, 1941—at exactly 7:55 a.m. on a seemingly peaceful Sunday morning, the United States was plunged into the greatest war in history!What were the events which determined the Pearl Harbor catastrophe? What were the last few days on Wake Island like? What really occurred on the infamous Bataan Death March and why did it happen? How did MacArthur make his dramatic escape from Corregidor? And what is the story behind the greatest capitulation in American history, General Wainwright’s forced surrender of the Philippines?But Not in Shame begins with the race to decode intercepted secret Japanese messages the day before the Pearl Harbor attack, and ends six months later with the stunning victory which unexpectedly turned the tide—the Battle of Midway. More than an exciting narrative of battles and leaders, it is a story of the individuals on both sides who took part in the most critical decisions and momentous events.

About John Toland

John Toland (1912–2004) was an award-winning American author and one of the most widely read military historians of the twentieth century. His most well-known work is perhaps The Rising Sun, winner of the 1971 Pulitzer Prize for General Nonfiction and the first book in English to tell the story of the Pacific War from the Japanese perspective. Although primarily an author of historical nonfiction, he also wrote novels, plays, and short stories. Among his published books were four New York Times bestsellers: But Not in Shame, The Last Hundred Days, Adolf Hitler, and Infamy.

About Traber Burns

Traber Burns worked for thirty-five years in regional theater, including the New York, Oregon, and Alabama Shakespeare festivals. He also spent five years in Los Angeles appearing in many television productions and commercials, including Lost, Close to Home, Without a Trace, Boston Legal, Grey’s Anatomy, Cold Case, Gilmore Girls, and others.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Erik on March 27, 2013

I read this and many other books about WWII primarily because of my father and mother. Dad had served as an army cryptanalyst attached to the navy in both theatres, having been drafted out of Northwestern University. He'd been in Oran after the invasion of North Africa, off the coast of Sicily durin......more

Goodreads review by Hatuxka on December 30, 2015

Read as a juvenile, fascinated me for some reason how the Japanese defeated the european colonial powers at the outset of WWII. The ease of it foreshadowed how quickly their colonial hold in these various places would fall.......more

Goodreads review by Lloyd on March 07, 2021

This history book clearly and succinctly explains how the Japanese were able to expand their empire in the Western Pacific so rapidly after their successful attack on Pearl Harbor in December of 1941. Essentially, European colonial powers (Britain, France & the Dutch) were too weak in the Pacific du......more

Goodreads review by I’m a Paula too… on December 28, 2024

Pearl Harbor’s aftermath… I believe I originally read this in the ‘60’s when I was in high school. The attack on Pearl Harbor was still significant in history. Honestly, I don’t believe today’s generation understands or even thinks about how impactful this was on the United States at that time. The a......more

Goodreads review by Joe on September 22, 2024

Too many books zip through the Allied defeats after Pearl Harbor, skipping ahead to the revenge of the Doolittle Raid or the decisive victory at Midway. Toland’s book focuses on the defeats in Singapore, the Philippines, Java and elsewhere, giving these battles and their participants their due and h......more

Quotes

“Compelling and candid…Big and sweeping…This is hard-hitting, snappy, gripping, and gritty set-the-record-straight reporting.” Kirkus Reviews

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