{"product_id":"first-shot-john-craddock-9780071479110","title":"First Shot: The Untold Story of the Japanese Minisubs That Attacked Pearl Harbor","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"If we had only known even a bit of what John Craddock tells us now, our own history could have been so very different.\"\u003cbr\u003e--Sherry Sontag, coauthor of \u003ci\u003eBlind Man's Bluff\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eFirst Shot\u003c\/i\u003e, John Craddock investigates a little-known but clear eleventh-hour warning that, had it been heeded, might have enabled the Navy's Pearl Harbor command to blunt the Japanese assault and save ships and lives. Craddock reveals that the attack plan of Japan's Admiral Yamamoto included five midget submarines, each carrying two men and two torpedoes. \u003ci\u003eFirst Shot\u003c\/i\u003e vividly recreates the action on the deck of the U.S.S. \u003ci\u003eWard\u003c\/i\u003e on the morning of December 7 as the outmoded relic of an earlier war engaged a tiny, state-of-the-art undersea fighting machine.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e John Craddock\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0071479112\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780071479110\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e International Marine Publishing\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/25\/2006\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 288\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.89lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.78h x 6.06w x 0.82d","brand":"John Craddock","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46292880294143,"sku":"9780071479110","price":19.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_7ef21a92-d085-4fb6-83e4-b382d5caf2e8.jpg?v=1730210445","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/first-shot-john-craddock-9780071479110","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}