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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... defense zone rather than as a dangerous zone . " 54 Dutch Foreign Minister E. N. van Kleffens made a proposal to Eden that " invited a joint declaration of a defense zone by the United States or Great Britain . " After checking with the ...
... defense zone rather than as a dangerous zone . " 54 Dutch Foreign Minister E. N. van Kleffens made a proposal to Eden that " invited a joint declaration of a defense zone by the United States or Great Britain . " After checking with the ...
Page 132
... defense and of assisting the Navy in long - range aerial reconnaissance . Short was now responsible for defending Hawaii and the Fleet in Pearl Harbor with inadequate means . So the Navy would have to take up the slack . Kimmel and his ...
... defense and of assisting the Navy in long - range aerial reconnaissance . Short was now responsible for defending Hawaii and the Fleet in Pearl Harbor with inadequate means . So the Navy would have to take up the slack . Kimmel and his ...
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... Defense Air Force to a " volunteer fire department . " The aircraft had other tasks assigned them , " but when we sounded an air - raid alarm , they all got together . and became the Base Defense Air Force . All fighters , Army or Navy ...
... Defense Air Force to a " volunteer fire department . " The aircraft had other tasks assigned them , " but when we sounded an air - raid alarm , they all got together . and became the Base Defense Air Force . All fighters , Army or Navy ...
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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