Pearl Harbor: The Verdict of HistoryThe New York Times–bestselling authors of Miracle at Midway delve into the surprise attack on Pearl Harbor during WWII in “a superb work of history” (Albuquerque Journal Magazine). In the predawn hours of December 7, 1941, a Japanese carrier group sailed toward Hawaii. A few minutes before 8:00 a.m., they received the order to rain death on the American base at Pearl Harbor, sinking dozens of ships, destroying hundreds of airplanes, and taking the lives of over two thousand servicemen. The carnage lasted only two hours, but more than seventy years later, terrible questions remain unanswered. How did the Japanese slip past the American radar? Why were the Hawaiian defense forces so woefully underprepared? What, if anything, did American intelligence know before the first Japanese pilot shouted “Tora! Tora! Tora!”? In this incomparable volume, Pearl Harbor experts Gordon W. Prange, Donald M. Goldstein, and Katherine V. Dillon tackle dozens of thorny issues in an attempt to determine who was at fault for one of the most shocking military disasters in history. |
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Gordon Prange considered this book the most highly personal of his work. In his
other volumes, the chronology and momentum of events assisted him; here he
relied largely upon his own thoughts and analyses. The undersigned have ...
Gordon Prange considered this book the most highly personal of his work. In his
other volumes, the chronology and momentum of events assisted him; here he
relied largely upon his own thoughts and analyses. The undersigned have ...
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Chapter 31 deals with what Prange considered the root of the problem in the
United States—the failure of all concerned to believe that a Japanese attack on
Pearl Harbor was possible, much less that it could succeed. Pearl Harbor had
results ...
Chapter 31 deals with what Prange considered the root of the problem in the
United States—the failure of all concerned to believe that a Japanese attack on
Pearl Harbor was possible, much less that it could succeed. Pearl Harbor had
results ...
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If a torpedo exploded on contact, this was considered a real feat. The armed
forces had to wring the last minute of life out of obsolescent ships, planes, and
ordnance, because for years appropriations had been frustratingly sparse. The
United ...
If a torpedo exploded on contact, this was considered a real feat. The armed
forces had to wring the last minute of life out of obsolescent ships, planes, and
ordnance, because for years appropriations had been frustratingly sparse. The
United ...
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The seas around the home islands gave the Japanese a sense of claustrophobia
, and they considered themselves surrounded by menacing enemies, not the
least of which was the United States. The necessity to break out of this imaginary
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The seas around the home islands gave the Japanese a sense of claustrophobia
, and they considered themselves surrounded by menacing enemies, not the
least of which was the United States. The necessity to break out of this imaginary
...
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... and converted two battle cruisers, Lexington and Saratoga, to aircraft carriers,
then considered to be instruments of defense rather than offense. Moreover, the
United States pledged itself not to increase existing fortifications of Guam, Tutuila,
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... and converted two battle cruisers, Lexington and Saratoga, to aircraft carriers,
then considered to be instruments of defense rather than offense. Moreover, the
United States pledged itself not to increase existing fortifications of Guam, Tutuila,
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Contents
Alerted to Prevent Sabotage | iii |
The Failure to Comprehend | iii |
An Important Man in an Important Post | iii |
Peculiar Complicated and Tense | iii |
Always Striving for Perfection | iii |
His Most Grievous Failure | iii |
The Last Critical Stages | iii |
It Is Inexplicable | iii |
He Had Supreme Responsibility | |
On Lines of National Policy | |
Looking in the Wrong Direction | |
ADVISERS PLANNERS AND CHIEFS | ii |
With Knives and Hatchets | ii |
Unsurmountable Obstacles | ii |
Crimination and Recrimination | ii |
To Help and Serve | ii |
Faults of Omission | ii |
Outside of Effective Contact | ii |
A Finger of Blame | ii |
Primarily a Failure of Men | ii |
The Pitfalls of Divided Responsibility | ii |
A Lack of Imagination | ii |
East Wind Rain | ii |
FIELD COMMANDERS AND OPERATORS | iii |
A Sentinel on Duty | iii |
THE VIEW FROM THE CROWS NEST | iv |
Blessed by the War God | v |
A Strategic Imbecility | xv |
A Mental Attitude | xxv |
In the Wake of the Pearl Harbor Disaster | xxxiv |
Remember Pearl Harbor | xliii |
Notes | liv |
Appendices | 46 |
The Pearl Harbor Investigations | 47 |
Japanese Proposals of November 20 1941 | 49 |
War Warning Messages of November 27 1941 | 50 |
Proposed Modus Vivendi | 51 |
Japans Bomb Plot Message | 54 |
The Hull Note of November 26 1941 | 55 |
Popov Questionnaire | 57 |
Selected Bibliography | 59 |
Index | 70 |
Image Gallery | 571 |
About the Authors | 598 |
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Bibliographic information
| Title | Pearl Harbor: The Verdict of History |
| Authors | Gordon W. Prange, Donald M. Goldstein, Katherine V. Dillon |
| Publisher | Open Road Media, 2014 |
| ISBN | 1480489492, 9781480489493 |
| Length | 827 pages |
| Subjects | › › History / Military / Naval History / Military / United States History / Military / World War II |
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