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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As mentioned , Marshall ' s message was delayed because atmospheric
problems induced French , officer in charge of the War Department Signal Center
, to use commercial means . * The congressional committee reproved French :
While it ...
As mentioned , Marshall ' s message was delayed because atmospheric
problems induced French , officer in charge of the War Department Signal Center
, to use commercial means . * The congressional committee reproved French :
While it ...
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Japan ' s planners never thought through the problem of how to move that
precious oil from Southeast Asia to the home islands . The Japanese Navy
consistently downgraded the vital area of protecting merchant ships — despite
the example ...
Japan ' s planners never thought through the problem of how to move that
precious oil from Southeast Asia to the home islands . The Japanese Navy
consistently downgraded the vital area of protecting merchant ships — despite
the example ...
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Kissinger put a ponderous but acute finger on the problem : If the number of
permissible long - range missiles is set at zero — if , in other words , both sides
agree to destroy all I . C . B . M . ' s and nuclear weapons — even a small evasion
, say ...
Kissinger put a ponderous but acute finger on the problem : If the number of
permissible long - range missiles is set at zero — if , in other words , both sides
agree to destroy all I . C . B . M . ' s and nuclear weapons — even a small evasion
, say ...
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Contents
THE BASE AND THE SUMMIT 1 We Were All Out There | 9 |
Slow in Waking Up | 19 |
Too Deeply to Bury Their Hate | 34 |
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| Title | Pearl Harbor: The Verdict of History |
| Authors | Gordon William Prange, Donald M. Goldstein, Katherine V. Dillon |
| Photographs by | Katherine V. Dillon |
| Edition | illustrated, reprint |
| Publisher | McGraw-Hill Book Company, 1986 |
| ISBN | 007050668X, 9780070506688 |
| Length | 699 pages |
| Subjects | › › History / Military / World War II |
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