{"product_id":"dawn-of-infamy","title":"Dawn of Infamy","description":"\u003cb\u003eAs the Pearl Harbor attack began, a U.S. cargo ship a thousand miles away in the middle of the vast Pacific Ocean mysteriously vanished along with her crew. What happened, and why?\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e On December 7, 1941, even as Japanese carrier-launched aircraft flew toward Pearl Harbor, a small American cargo ship chartered by the Army reported that it was under attack by a submarine halfway between Seattle and Honolulu. After that one cryptic message, the humble lumber carrier \u003ci\u003eCynthia Olson\u003c\/i\u003e and her crew vanished without a trace, their disappearance all but forgotten as the mighty warships of the U.S. Pacific Fleet burned.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e The story of the \u003ci\u003eCynthia Olson\u003c\/i\u003e's mid-ocean encounter with the Japanese submarine \u003ci\u003eI-26\u003c\/i\u003e is both a classic high-seas drama and one of the most enduring mysteries of World War II. Did \u003ci\u003eI-26\u003c\/i\u003e's commander, Minoru Yokota, sink the freighter before the attack on Pearl Harbor began? Did the cargo ship's 35-man crew survive in lifeboats that drifted away into the vast Pacific, or were they machine-gunned to death? Was the \u003ci\u003eCynthia Olson\u003c\/i\u003e the first American casualty of the Pacific War, and could her SOS have changed the course of history?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Based on years of research, \u003ci\u003eDawn of Infamy\u003c\/i\u003e explores both the military and human aspects of the \u003ci\u003eCynthia Olson\u003c\/i\u003e story, bringing to life a complex tale of courage, tenacity, hubris, and arrogance in the opening hours of America's war in the Pacific.\u0026gt;","brand":"Oxfordbookstore","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44789256290483,"sku":"9780306825033","price":1519.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0718\/4164\/4723\/files\/blk_imp_17478064599780306825033.jpg?v=1762844850","url":"https:\/\/oxfordbookstore.com\/products\/dawn-of-infamy","provider":"Oxfordbookstore ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}