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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Page 108
... Pacific Fleet wherever in American waters he thought best for the nation's good . If that disposition involved an element of danger , such was the nature of the Navy's business . The Pacific Fleet did not exist to be safe ; it existed ...
... Pacific Fleet wherever in American waters he thought best for the nation's good . If that disposition involved an element of danger , such was the nature of the Navy's business . The Pacific Fleet did not exist to be safe ; it existed ...
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... Pacific " to Japan's move south , the admiral could not go along with him because , realistic as always , he considered the Fleet no deterrent at all . " The Pacific Fleet had no train , it had no transports , it did not have sufficient ...
... Pacific " to Japan's move south , the admiral could not go along with him because , realistic as always , he considered the Fleet no deterrent at all . " The Pacific Fleet had no train , it had no transports , it did not have sufficient ...
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... Pacific the United States based its ships : Japan was going ahead in any case . Events proved that stationing the Fleet in Hawaii did not deter Japan in the least . In fact , as Japan became more and more obviously set on its course ...
... Pacific the United States based its ships : Japan was going ahead in any case . Events proved that stationing the Fleet in Hawaii did not deter Japan in the least . In fact , as Japan became more and more obviously set on its course ...
Contents
We Were All Out There | 3 |
Too Deeply to Bury Their Hate | 34 |
To Avoid War with Japan | 66 |
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