Pearl Harbor: The Verdict of HistoryThe provocative sequel to At Dawn We Slept that continues Prange's masterful analysis of the attack on Pearl Harbor, delving further to examine the underlying causes and to ask whether the event that plunged America into World War II was really a surprise to President Roosevelt. |
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... British Empire , such as the Chiefs of Staff looked for , that any attack on the Netherlands East Indies , or on British possessions in the Far East would involve Japan in immediate war with all the powers concerned . " 24 On February 8 ...
... British Empire , such as the Chiefs of Staff looked for , that any attack on the Netherlands East Indies , or on British possessions in the Far East would involve Japan in immediate war with all the powers concerned . " 24 On February 8 ...
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... British Empire above all else . As for Roosevelt , 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 ...
... British Empire above all else . As for Roosevelt , 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 ...
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... British - Canadian- Dutch bloc ) ABC - 1 ( see American - British - Canadian military agreement of March 1941 ) Abwehr ( German Military Intelligence ) , 307-310 Acheson , Dean , 246 Adams , Senator Alva B. , 30 Adams , Maj . Gen. Emory ...
... British - Canadian- Dutch bloc ) ABC - 1 ( see American - British - Canadian military agreement of March 1941 ) Abwehr ( German Military Intelligence ) , 307-310 Acheson , Dean , 246 Adams , Senator Alva B. , 30 Adams , Maj . Gen. Emory ...
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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