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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... surprise after all . You may have to fight your way in to the target . " 25 Nagumo was so sure that total surprise was unattainable that he argued for a southern route to Hawaii , to take advantage of good weather and smooth seas , in ...
... surprise after all . You may have to fight your way in to the target . " 25 Nagumo was so sure that total surprise was unattainable that he argued for a southern route to Hawaii , to take advantage of good weather and smooth seas , in ...
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... surprise was all very well - but to what did they owe their achievement of surprise ? That embarrassing question opened the floodgates of speculation , accusation , counteraccusation , explanation , and excuse . Admiral Pratt wrote that ...
... surprise was all very well - but to what did they owe their achievement of surprise ? That embarrassing question opened the floodgates of speculation , accusation , counteraccusation , explanation , and excuse . Admiral Pratt wrote that ...
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... surprise attack . . . . If the United States again permits itself to be surprised , its whole defense system might be prostrated , its cities wiped out , millions of its people killed and the survivors made the panic stricken and ...
... surprise attack . . . . If the United States again permits itself to be surprised , its whole defense system might be prostrated , its cities wiped out , millions of its people killed and the survivors made the panic stricken and ...
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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