Standing on its own, however, this impresses the reader as the way it must have seemed to those on the spot,- to the top brass, lulled to an unwarranted sense of security, prepared for just another peaceful Sunday off duty to the executive officers, on duty and off, but equally unready and incredulous when the ""real McCoy"" broke upon them to army, navy, air force personnel to civilians on shore. The result, while extraordinarily successful as a live news story, lacks the interpretation, the psychological penetration that was characteristic of the earlier book. Instead of having the benefit of years of concentrated and passionate dedication, such as Walter Lord devoted to the Titanic story, this has been done as a special assignment from Life with a team of operators and records helpfully extended for study. Pearl Harbor - Decem- is here recorded with the same telling effect as was the sinking of the Titanic in Night to Remember.
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