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 43
... suggested that Roosevelt let the attack proceed because he expected that " the Pacific Fleet would not only stem any Japanese attack with little loss to U.S. shipping but deal a crushing blow to Kido Butai itself . " 35 With this remark ...
... suggested that Roosevelt let the attack proceed because he expected that " the Pacific Fleet would not only stem any Japanese attack with little loss to U.S. shipping but deal a crushing blow to Kido Butai itself . " 35 With this remark ...
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... suggested Willkie or Stimson - the latter of whom the same article claimed was too old to be secretary of war . 8 Nor was Hull exempt from the grindings of the rumor mill . Shortly after the attack , a story made the rounds that the ...
... suggested Willkie or Stimson - the latter of whom the same article claimed was too old to be secretary of war . 8 Nor was Hull exempt from the grindings of the rumor mill . Shortly after the attack , a story made the rounds that the ...
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... suggests that Sutherland did not convey Brereton's request to MacArthur , which seems unlikely . In his own memoirs , MacArthur scored the same point : " Brereton never at any time recommended or suggested an attack on Formosa to me ...
... suggests that Sutherland did not convey Brereton's request to MacArthur , which seems unlikely . In his own memoirs , MacArthur scored the same point : " Brereton never at any time recommended or suggested an attack on Formosa to me ...
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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