02133cam a2200313 i 4500 567150122 TxAuBib 20210321120000.0 191202s2020||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 9780593129623 $29.99 0593129628 $29.99 TLC rda TxAuBib rda Shaara, Jeff, 1952-, Author. To wake the giant : a novel of Pearl Harbor / Jeff Shaara. First edition. New York, NY : Ballantine Books, an imprint of Random House, a division of Penguin Random House LLC, 2020. xxiv, 502 pages : maps ; 25 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier "In 1941, President Franklin D. Roosevelt watches uneasily as the world heads rapidly down a dangerous path. The Japanese have waged an aggressive campaign against China, and they now begin to expand their ambitions to other parts of Asia. As their expansion efforts grow bolder, their enemies know that Japan's ultimate goal is total conquest over the region, especially when the Japanese align themselves with Hitler's Germany and Mussolini's Italy, who wage their own war of conquest across Europe. Meanwhile, the British stand nearly alone against Hitler, and there is pressure in Washington to transfer America's powerful fleet of warships from Hawaii to the Atlantic to join the fight against German U-boats that are devastating shipping. But despite deep concerns about weakening the Pacific fleet, no one believes that the main base at Pearl Harbor is under any real threat. Told through the eyes of widely diverse characters, this story looks at all sides of the drama and puts the reader squarely in the middle."--Publisher desription. 20210321. Roosevelt, Franklin D 1882-1945 Franklin Delano Fiction. Pearl Harbor (Hawaii), Attack on, 1941 Fiction. World War, 1939-1945 Fiction. War fiction. Adventure fiction. Historical fiction.