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 352
... alert . " We thought it was just another one . We had had so many of them . . . and we didn't know the underlying reason for all the alerts because no one pointed out to me personally that the conditions were very critical . " 24 So ...
... alert . " We thought it was just another one . We had had so many of them . . . and we didn't know the underlying reason for all the alerts because no one pointed out to me personally that the conditions were very critical . " 24 So ...
Page 358
... alert . Herron recalled that his alert of 1940 had occasioned a flurry because " the issue of ball ammunition and of ammunition to the Coast Artillery started everyone's imagination , and many people thought the Japanese Fleet was just ...
... alert . Herron recalled that his alert of 1940 had occasioned a flurry because " the issue of ball ammunition and of ammunition to the Coast Artillery started everyone's imagination , and many people thought the Japanese Fleet was just ...
Page 377
... Alert No. 1 sufficient ; he " was sure from all of our talk that everybody understood just what was being done . " 63 Smith , erroneously believing that the Hawaiian De- partment had only one type of alert , told Kimmel that a full Army ...
... Alert No. 1 sufficient ; he " was sure from all of our talk that everybody understood just what was being done . " 63 Smith , erroneously believing that the Hawaiian De- partment had only one type of alert , told Kimmel that a full Army ...
Contents
We Were All Out There | 3 |
Too Deeply to Bury Their Hate | 34 |
To Avoid War with Japan | 66 |
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