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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... ashore , such as commandant of the Washington Navy Yard , budget officer , and Ad- jutant General of the Navy Department . In 1936 , he left Washington * See page xxix for simplified chart of Fourteenth Naval District . to command ...
... ashore , such as commandant of the Washington Navy Yard , budget officer , and Ad- jutant General of the Navy Department . In 1936 , he left Washington * See page xxix for simplified chart of Fourteenth Naval District . to command ...
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... ashore . " 12 Vice Admiral Ralph W. Christie , who had commanded a submarine division in 1941 , recalled , " He had a reputation of being pretty hard - nosed , but everyone re- spected him for it . . . . We felt that he had stepped up ...
... ashore . " 12 Vice Admiral Ralph W. Christie , who had commanded a submarine division in 1941 , recalled , " He had a reputation of being pretty hard - nosed , but everyone re- spected him for it . . . . We felt that he had stepped up ...
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... ashore and afloat , distant reconnaissance and anti - submarine measures . I assumed that all measures with the Army , particularly those which had been previously agreed upon for emergency , would be imple- mented . " But he had ...
... ashore and afloat , distant reconnaissance and anti - submarine measures . I assumed that all measures with the Army , particularly those which had been previously agreed upon for emergency , would be imple- mented . " But he had ...
Contents
We Were All Out There | 3 |
Too Deeply to Bury Their Hate | 34 |
To Avoid War with Japan | 66 |
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