The Panay Incident: Prelude to Pearl Harbor

by Hamilton Darby Perry, Luigi Barzini (introduction)

The USS Panay Incident was a Japanese attack on the Navy gunboat USS Panay while she was anchored in the Yangtze River outside of Nanjing on 12/12/37. Japan & the USA weren't at war at the time. The Japanese claimed they didn't see flags painted on the deck of the gunboat, apologized & paid an indemnity. Nevertheless, the attack & the subsequent Allison incident in Nanjing caused opinion to turn against the Japanese.

323 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1969

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[Erik Graff · Rating 3 out of 5]

Perry's book is a close analysis of the Japanese attack on the USS Panay in China in 1937 and of its follow-up.