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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... surprise after all . You may have to fight your way in to the target . " 25 Nagumo was so sure that total surprise was unattainable that he argued for a southern route to Hawaii , to take advantage of good weather and smooth seas , in ...
... surprise after all . You may have to fight your way in to the target . " 25 Nagumo was so sure that total surprise was unattainable that he argued for a southern route to Hawaii , to take advantage of good weather and smooth seas , in ...
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... surprise mass attack on Pearl Harbor " , 7 * Knox's letter to Stimson of January 24 about the security of the Fleet and its Pearl Harbor base ; Stimson's reply thereto dated February 7 , stressing that the Army's mission in Oahu was ...
... surprise mass attack on Pearl Harbor " , 7 * Knox's letter to Stimson of January 24 about the security of the Fleet and its Pearl Harbor base ; Stimson's reply thereto dated February 7 , stressing that the Army's mission in Oahu was ...
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... surprise was all very well - but to what did they owe their achievement of surprise ? That embarrassing question opened the floodgates of speculation , accusation , counteraccusation , explanation , and excuse . " 6 Admiral Pratt wrote ...
... surprise was all very well - but to what did they owe their achievement of surprise ? That embarrassing question opened the floodgates of speculation , accusation , counteraccusation , explanation , and excuse . " 6 Admiral Pratt wrote ...
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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