Tora Compare And Contrast Essay

This paper will compare Gordon W. Prange's book "At Dawn We Slept - The Untold Story of Pearl Harbor" with the film "Tora! Tora! Tora!" directed by Richard Fleischer, Kinji Fukasaku, and Toshio Masuda. While the film provides little background to the attack, its focal point is on the Pearl Harbor assault and the inquiry of why it was not prevented, or at least foreseen in adequate time to decrease damage. Prange's book examines the assault on Pearl Harbor from both the Japanese and American viewpoints to gain a global view of the situation and the vast provision undertaken by Japanese intelligence. The film and book present the Japanese side, the American side, the events that lead up to the attack, and the aftermath. The events for

From Tokyo to the Japanese Embassy in Washington, it was stipulated as the highest priority in Japanese "Purple Code" and, stated that the Japanese were going to bring an end to relations with the United States. Both the film and Prange's book note the importance of the message: noting that the reason that the message was delivered late was due to the slow decoding of the message by the Japanese diplomats at the embassy . They both emphasize a great deal about the typist who was decoding the message. President Roosevelt, after examining the thirteen-page of a fourteen page transmission understood "this means war." Although, Roosevelt theoretically had knowledge of Japan’s intentions, he did nothing to offset or notify others about the

Pearl Harbor carries on with books and even in the movies from generation to generation. The United States suffered defeat at Pearl Harbor, but united together to pursue victory. The film stays exceedingly accurate to the history of Pearl Harbor in comparison with Prange's book. They both show that the United States was exceedingly confident and narrow-minded that the Japanese could pull off such a task. Much of the film is focused on Japan before the attack. Prange's book and the directors of Tora! Tora! Tora! focused on the meticulous account of events directed up to the attack. The work of American military in the Oahu, Hawaii is also expanded upon in great detail. The film does an excellent job of reflecting this and showing the ultimate consequence that was paid by the United States' military.
Prange's book and the film actually end with two separate endings. Prange's book evaluates the aftermath of Pearl Harbor with "The Verdict of History". The Tora! Tora! Tora! film had a brilliant ending with Yamamoto's famous quote: I fear that all we did "is to awaken a sleeping giant and fill him with terrible resolve is sowing the for certain