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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14 In effect, this left American outlying possessions in the Pacific at the mercy of
Japan and removed the means of enforcing American foreign policy in the Far
East. The Navy did not even build up to treaty limits during the administrations of
...
14 In effect, this left American outlying possessions in the Pacific at the mercy of
Japan and removed the means of enforcing American foreign policy in the Far
East. The Navy did not even build up to treaty limits during the administrations of
...
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The policy pursued by the nations and particularly by the United States during
that decade [1931–1940] was, in effect, one of every one for himself and the devil
take the hindmost. ... 26 It was less a case of “every one for himself”—which ...
The policy pursued by the nations and particularly by the United States during
that decade [1931–1940] was, in effect, one of every one for himself and the devil
take the hindmost. ... 26 It was less a case of “every one for himself”—which ...
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Any effect the neglect of Guam had upon events at Pearl Harbor was tangential. It
may have bolstered two of Japan's erroneous beliefs: that isolationism ruled the
American roost, and that Washington would back down rather than risk ...
Any effect the neglect of Guam had upon events at Pearl Harbor was tangential. It
may have bolstered two of Japan's erroneous beliefs: that isolationism ruled the
American roost, and that Washington would back down rather than risk ...
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... of gold and of silver at prices substantially above those in effect when Mr.
Roosevelt took office. ... The Treasury paid an inflated price for the gold stolen
from Chinese Manchuria, and for the silver they [the Japanese] smuggled out of
China.
... of gold and of silver at prices substantially above those in effect when Mr.
Roosevelt took office. ... The Treasury paid an inflated price for the gold stolen
from Chinese Manchuria, and for the silver they [the Japanese] smuggled out of
China.
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... the effect that the Japanese Fleet is going to attack the United States. ...
Roosevelt said that the prospective attack would cause some damage to our
Fleet, but (rubbing his hands together) that it would get us into the war.” 33 This
sensational ...
... the effect that the Japanese Fleet is going to attack the United States. ...
Roosevelt said that the prospective attack would cause some damage to our
Fleet, but (rubbing his hands together) that it would get us into the war.” 33 This
sensational ...
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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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Common terms and phrases
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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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