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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... Stimson was already a hardy perennial in the garden of American statecraft . If he ever cherished ambitions of elective office , he had long since left them behind , but this scion of an old , well - to - do New York family had a strong ...
... Stimson was already a hardy perennial in the garden of American statecraft . If he ever cherished ambitions of elective office , he had long since left them behind , but this scion of an old , well - to - do New York family had a strong ...
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... Stimson's than of Roosevelt's inner conflict - the calculating politician battling with the statesman of broad vision . As time went on , Roosevelt and Stimson developed mutual respect . On October 27 , 1940 , Stimson summed up his ...
... Stimson's than of Roosevelt's inner conflict - the calculating politician battling with the statesman of broad vision . As time went on , Roosevelt and Stimson developed mutual respect . On October 27 , 1940 , Stimson summed up his ...
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... Stimson's intense irritation . “ General Miles came to me with reports of trouble with Edgar Hoover , who seems to ... Stimson " much troubled " because Hoover , instead of coming to Stimson , went di- rectly to the White House " and ...
... Stimson's intense irritation . “ General Miles came to me with reports of trouble with Edgar Hoover , who seems to ... Stimson " much troubled " because Hoover , instead of coming to Stimson , went di- rectly to the White House " 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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