{"product_id":"a-date-which-will-live-emily-s-rosenberg-9780822336372","title":"A Date Which Will Live: Pearl Harbor in American Memory","description":"December 7, 1941-the date of Japan's surprise attack on the U.S. fleet at Pearl Harbor-is \"a date which will live\" in American history and memory, but the stories that will live and the meanings attributed to them are hardly settled. In movies, books, and magazines, at memorial sites and public ceremonies, and on television and the internet, Pearl Harbor lives in a thousand guises and symbolizes dozens of different historical lessons. In \u003ci\u003eA Date Which Will Live, \u003c\/i\u003e historian Emily S. Rosenberg examines the contested meanings of Pearl Harbor in American culture.\u003cbr\u003eRosenberg considers the emergence of Pearl Harbor's symbolic role within multiple contexts: as a day of infamy that highlighted the need for future U.S. military preparedness, as an attack that opened a \"back door\" to U.S. involvement in World War II, as an event of national commemoration, and as a central metaphor in American-Japanese relations. She explores the cultural background that contributed to Pearl Harbor's resurgence in American memory after the fiftieth anniversary of the attack in 1991. In doing so, she discusses the recent \"memory boom\" in American culture; the movement to exonerate the military commanders at Pearl Harbor, Admiral Husband Kimmel and General Walter Short; the political mobilization of various groups during the culture and history \"wars\" of the 1990s, and the spectacle surrounding the movie \u003ci\u003ePearl Harbor.\u003c\/i\u003e Rosenberg concludes with a look at the uses of Pearl Harbor as a historical frame for understanding the events of September 11, 2001.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Emily S. Rosenberg\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0822336375\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780822336372\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Duke University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/02\/2005\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 248\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.67lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.66h x 5.36w x 0.63d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eUniv PR Books for Public Libry\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/01\/2006 pg. 1 - Strongly Recommended","brand":"Emily S. Rosenberg","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43995619033343,"sku":"9780822336372","price":26.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_0aa6aef3-1e13-4ba9-8caa-79d10d1aca75.jpg?v=1683336837","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/a-date-which-will-live-emily-s-rosenberg-9780822336372","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}