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 77
... probably , like so many of his countrymen , he believed that war with Germany must come eventually . But , in the meantime , the last thing he wanted or needed was war in the Pacific , which would drain off manpower , matériel , and ...
... probably , like so many of his countrymen , he believed that war with Germany must come eventually . But , in the meantime , the last thing he wanted or needed was war in the Pacific , which would drain off manpower , matériel , and ...
Page 177
... probably lead to the reestablishment of normal trade relations . The Secretary of State cannot bring public opinion in line so long as you do not take some real and definite steps to reassure the Amer- icans.1 Quick to seize the hint ...
... probably lead to the reestablishment of normal trade relations . The Secretary of State cannot bring public opinion in line so long as you do not take some real and definite steps to reassure the Amer- icans.1 Quick to seize the hint ...
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... probably it would not have been nearly so controversial . No one in his right mind could ask the secretary of the navy to spell out the exact truth about his forces in that time of " unlimited national emergency . " This was one of the ...
... probably it would not have been nearly so controversial . No one in his right mind could ask the secretary of the navy to spell out the exact truth about his forces in that time of " unlimited national emergency . " This was one of the ...
Contents
We Were All Out There | 3 |
Too Deeply to Bury Their Hate | 34 |
To Avoid War with Japan | 66 |
Copyright | |
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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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