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 237
... reason was a sad commentary on how far the United States authorities were prepared to go in order to avoid stepping on Japanese toes . Tokyo could have no valid objection to whatever action Washington might take on American soil to ...
... reason was a sad commentary on how far the United States authorities were prepared to go in order to avoid stepping on Japanese toes . Tokyo could have no valid objection to whatever action Washington might take on American soil to ...
Page 437
... reason whatsoever that Admiral Kimmel . . . should not have had long - range reconnaissance operating from November 27 on through . . . with whatever planes we had if it were only three ? " Ingersoll answered , “ I had every reason to ...
... reason whatsoever that Admiral Kimmel . . . should not have had long - range reconnaissance operating from November 27 on through . . . with whatever planes we had if it were only three ? " Ingersoll answered , “ I had every reason to ...
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... reason , the fact remains that Oahu was not ready on the morning of December 7 , 1941. The question is this : Why ? Seth W. Richardson later wrote an interesting , popular account of the reasons for Pearl Harbor as he saw them . In this ...
... reason , the fact remains that Oahu was not ready on the morning of December 7 , 1941. The question is this : Why ? Seth W. Richardson later wrote an interesting , popular account of the reasons for Pearl Harbor as he saw them . In this ...
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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