Praise for December 1941: 31 Days that Changed America and Saved the World by Craig Shirley "This book sounds fascinating to me. I am big history buff and I certainly will pick this one up." --Dennis Miller "Offers a rare opportunity to relive that incredible month in a time-travel sort of way, rather than read about it in the hindsight of history. It is a time capsule of the period, and is so compelling it is a hard book to set aside." -- Fredericksburg Free Lance-Star "A timely piece of history." --Washingtonian "Enthralling account of the early weeks of World War II on the home front." --Fred Barnes, Weekly Standard "Craig Shirley's December 1941 is flat-out terrific-intelligent, hugely descriptive, extensively researched.and passionate in a way so few histories allow themselves to be anymore.
" --Steve Donoghue, Open Letters Monthly "I love historical non-fiction. I read it everywhere, in bathroom, wherever I am. But typically it's written from sort of a distant perspective. You went through newspapers and magazines, and all the accounts of time. It gives an immediacy that I think it's difficult to find in these types of things." --Jon Stewart, The Daily Show "I'm confident it'll be a bestseller." --Don Imus "It is terrific . tremendous report on that decisive month which changed America and the world.
"--Newt Gingrich "Worth buying. really, really cool." --MSNBC "Excellent book!"--Jon Meacham, former editor of Newsweek and a Pulitzer Prize winning bestselling author "Terrific piece of work!" --Andrea Mitchell, MSNBC "Masterful new book . Shirley not only transports us back to that tumultuous time, but reminds this generation that denial about an enemy's intentions can have grave consequences." --Cal Thomas, author of A Watchman in the Night "Fascinating book." --FOXNews "Folks, if you want a good read this Christmas season check it out." --Steve Doocy, FOXNews "Successful attempt to capture the sights and sounds of that long-ago era . in impressive detail .
tells us about the attitudes, cultural mores and prejudices of an America on the eve of entry into the second great war." --Human Events "Shirley's day-by-day account manages to shed new light on a critical period in our history."--Military.com "Fascinating way to experience the look and the feel, the reactions and the emotion, the strategy, and the painful surprises of those 31 days." --National Review "Powerful, thickly researched new book." --Reason.com "The book also reveals . blockbuster historical moment[s].
Shirley. takes a new tack in his book about Pearl Harbor. Instead of just writing how it all went down, his book attempts to give readers a feel for how the country felt 70 years ago. He accomplishes that by providing anecdotal information from nearly 2,000 newspapers and magazines." --US News & World Report "Craig Shirley, known for creating a you-are-there atmosphere in his earlier books about Ronald Reagan's 1976 and 1980 presidential campaigns, has done it again. This account shows us what is possible when the nation is aroused." --Washington Times.