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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... command . . . . The officers under whom he had served since 1937 had recommended him for a division command in time of war . " Marshall personally chose Short for the Hawaiian post , and sum- moned him to Washington to confer with him ...
... command . . . . The officers under whom he had served since 1937 had recommended him for a division command in time of war . " Marshall personally chose Short for the Hawaiian post , and sum- moned him to Washington to confer with him ...
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... Command appeared to have little conception of the vast function of the air warning system and exhibited very little interest in its installation . At no time before December 7 , 1941 , did this Command furnish either the authority or ...
... Command appeared to have little conception of the vast function of the air warning system and exhibited very little interest in its installation . At no time before December 7 , 1941 , did this Command furnish either the authority or ...
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... command he would have turned out everything . " 44 Just what " everything " could have amounted to is problematical . Frank asked Davidson , " In this No. 1 Alert was there any percentage or any number of those planes that were on an ...
... command he would have turned out everything . " 44 Just what " everything " could have amounted to is problematical . Frank asked Davidson , " In this No. 1 Alert was there any percentage or any number of those planes that were on an ...
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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