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 150
... action in freezing Japan's assets retarded Ja- pan's action as for believing that it hastened it , " he wrote . " Japan was moving ahead on the fixed principle of grabbing while the grabbing is good . If we had withheld action , Japan ...
... action in freezing Japan's assets retarded Ja- pan's action as for believing that it hastened it , " he wrote . " Japan was moving ahead on the fixed principle of grabbing while the grabbing is good . If we had withheld action , Japan ...
Page 444
... action : he ordered the bombing of any unidentified submarine discovered in the operating area of Hawaiian waters , an action he had been itching to take for months , but from which Stark had restrained him . “ I felt that any submarine ...
... action : he ordered the bombing of any unidentified submarine discovered in the operating area of Hawaiian waters , an action he had been itching to take for months , but from which Stark had restrained him . “ I felt that any submarine ...
Page 651
... action unpredictable but hostile action possible at any moment Period If hostilities cannot comma repeat cannot comma be avoided the United States desires that Japan commit the first overt act Period This policy should not comma repeat ...
... action unpredictable but hostile action possible at any moment Period If hostilities cannot comma repeat cannot comma be avoided the United States desires that Japan commit the first overt act Period This policy should not comma repeat ...
Contents
We Were All Out There | 3 |
Too Deeply to Bury Their Hate | 34 |
To Avoid War with Japan | 66 |
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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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