Pearl Harbor: The Verdict of HistoryTHE CONTROVERSIAL SEQUEL TO AT DAWN WE SLEPT -- A PROBING ANALYSIS OF THE ROOT CAUSES OF PEARL HARBOR, AMERICA'S MOST CATASTROPHIC MILITARY DEFEATThe monumental bestseller At Dawn We Slept was a landmark re-creation of the apocalyptic events of December 7, 1941. This provocative sequel delves even further to examine the underlying causes of Pearl Harbor and the revisionist theories that Roosevelt and other high officials knew about the attack.With the same imposing scholarship and narrative drive that distinguished its predecessor, Pearl Harbor uncovers the secret roles played by the president, his cabinet secretaries, admirals, and generals in the weeks before the attack. Based on more than forty years of research, extensive interviews, and an insider's knowledge of the military, this book poses an explosive and highly convincing new theory of America's entry into the Pacific War. Like the very best works of history, it not only expands but dramatically deepens our understanding of the events that were once the province of myth and rumor. |
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Page 108
... Fleet did not exist to be safe ; it existed to fight if war came . The Honolulu Star- Bulletin considered the suggestion that the Fleet would have been safer on the Pacific coast to be " plain silly . What is a fleet for , if not to ...
... Fleet did not exist to be safe ; it existed to fight if war came . The Honolulu Star- Bulletin considered the suggestion that the Fleet would have been safer on the Pacific coast to be " plain silly . What is a fleet for , if not to ...
Page 109
... Fleet would go to the rescue of the Philippines or resist Japanese naval forces attacking the Philippines . The Pacific Fleet was so inferior to the Japanese Navy in every category of fighting ship that such a mission was considered too ...
... Fleet would go to the rescue of the Philippines or resist Japanese naval forces attacking the Philippines . The Pacific Fleet was so inferior to the Japanese Navy in every category of fighting ship that such a mission was considered too ...
Page 110
... Fleet on the Pacific is now performing its primary proper function ; namely , that of being so manifestly able to enforce respect for American policies that it will not have to fight for them . . . as things stand , the United States Fleet ...
... Fleet on the Pacific is now performing its primary proper function ; namely , that of being so manifestly able to enforce respect for American policies that it will not have to fight for them . . . as things stand , the United States Fleet ...
Contents
We Were All Out There | 3 |
Too Deeply to Bury Their Hate | 34 |
To Avoid War with Japan | 66 |
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Pearl Harbor: The Verdict of History Gordon W. Prange,Donald M. Goldstein,Katherine V. Dillon Limited preview - 2014 |
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