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 69
... prepared for war , Germany had a plentiful stockpile of weapons and resources , and exploited as it conquered . Therefore American neutrality did not affect Germany one way or the other . But England and France , caught up in post ...
... prepared for war , Germany had a plentiful stockpile of weapons and resources , and exploited as it conquered . Therefore American neutrality did not affect Germany one way or the other . But England and France , caught up in post ...
Page 291
... prepared , that an air attack on Pearl Harbor was one of the likely possibilities . " 27 Turner believed that the " war warning " of November 27 should have sufficed for Kimmel . 28 " The defensive deployment as applied to Hawaii ...
... prepared , that an air attack on Pearl Harbor was one of the likely possibilities . " 27 Turner believed that the " war warning " of November 27 should have sufficed for Kimmel . 28 " The defensive deployment as applied to Hawaii ...
Page 361
... prepare his forces for action . He concluded his message , “ Should hostilities occur this command now ready to carry ... prepared for use only in case of " no threat from without . " Protection against the possibility of such an attack ...
... prepare his forces for action . He concluded his message , “ Should hostilities occur this command now ready to carry ... prepared for use only in case of " no threat from without . " Protection against the possibility of such an attack ...
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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