Did President Roosevelt and other high-ranking U.S. government officials know about Japanese plans to attack Pearl Harbor, and fail to warn U.S. Navy leadership? Drawing on recently declassified materials and revelations from other writers, this book traces the flow of intelligence and concludes the imminent attack was allowed to happen to win the support of the American public in a war against Japan. An epilogue describes the fate of Commander-in-Chief of the U.S. Pacific Fleet Admiral Husband E. Kimmel, the intelligence he received from Washington before the attack, and the intelligence he did not.…mehr
Did President Roosevelt and other high-ranking U.S. government officials know about Japanese plans to attack Pearl Harbor, and fail to warn U.S. Navy leadership? Drawing on recently declassified materials and revelations from other writers, this book traces the flow of intelligence and concludes the imminent attack was allowed to happen to win the support of the American public in a war against Japan. An epilogue describes the fate of Commander-in-Chief of the U.S. Pacific Fleet Admiral Husband E. Kimmel, the intelligence he received from Washington before the attack, and the intelligence he did not.Hinweis: Dieser Artikel kann nur an eine deutsche Lieferadresse ausgeliefert werden.
Retired physician James M. D'Angelo founded the International Midway Memorial Foundation in 1992 (and is the editor of its newsletter). He has written articles on Midway in Wings of Gold (Association of Naval Aviation), and in the newsletter of the Naval Order of the United States. He lives in Bradenton, Florida.
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Table of Contents Acknowledgments Foreword by William S. Dudley Preface Introduction 1-Japan Opens Its Doors 2-Room 1649 3-The Sun Rises in the East 4-All Roads Lead to Pearl Harbor 5-The Jewel of the Pacific 6-Radio Silence Is Broken 7-The Die Is Cast 8-Wake Island's Heroic Defense 9-Southern and Central Pacific Operations 10-The Final Analysis of the Japanese Attack on Pearl Harbor 11-Connecting the Dots 12-Epilogue Appendix A. General George Marshall's Actions on the Morning of December 7, 1941 Appendix B. The Pearl Harbor Attack: December 7, 1941 Chapter Notes Bibliography Index
Table of Contents Acknowledgments Foreword by William S. Dudley Preface Introduction 1-Japan Opens Its Doors 2-Room 1649 3-The Sun Rises in the East 4-All Roads Lead to Pearl Harbor 5-The Jewel of the Pacific 6-Radio Silence Is Broken 7-The Die Is Cast 8-Wake Island's Heroic Defense 9-Southern and Central Pacific Operations 10-The Final Analysis of the Japanese Attack on Pearl Harbor 11-Connecting the Dots 12-Epilogue Appendix A. General George Marshall's Actions on the Morning of December 7, 1941 Appendix B. The Pearl Harbor Attack: December 7, 1941 Chapter Notes Bibliography Index
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