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At Dawn We Slept: The Untold Story of Pearl Harbor
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This gripping study scrupulously reconstructs the Japanese attack, from its conception (less than a year before the actual raid) to its lightning execution; and it reveals the true reason for the American debacle: the insurmountable disbelief in the Japanese threat that kept America from heeding advance warnings and caused leaders to ignore evidence submitted by our own intelligence sources.
Based on thirty-seven years of intense research and countless interviews, and incorporating previously untranslated documents, At Dawn We Slept is history with the dramatic sweep of a martial epic.
The monumental history of Pearl Harbor that The New York Times called "impossible to forget"--now with a new chapter by Goldstein and Dillon. Based on 37 years of massive research and countless interviews, this is a landmark study written with the dramatic sweep of a martial epic. 16 pages of photographs.
| Introduction | ix | |
| Preface | xv | |
| Part I | Prelude | |
| 1. | "Cancer of the Pacific" | 3 |
| 2. | "On a Moonlight Night or at Dawn" | 9 |
| 3. | "Difficult but Not Impossible" | 18 |
| 4. | "No Credence in These Rumors" | 30 |
| 5. | "You Hurt the President's Feelings" | 37 |
| 6. | "That Must Henceforth Bear Responsibility" | 49 |
| 7. | "Our First Concern Is to Protect the Fleet" | 55 |
| 8. | "The Hotbed of Espionage" | 70 |
| 9. | "In Rather a Spot" | 78 |
| 10. | "The Most Likely and Dangerous Form of Attack" | 89 |
| 11. | "How Can Air Power Be Used Most Effectively?" | 98 |
| 12. | "The Real Power and Potentialities" | 107 |
| 13. | "With Guarded Approval" | 114 |
| 14. | "The Strongest Fortress in the World" | 121 |
| 15. | "Critical in the Atlantic" | 127 |
| 16. | "The Kiss of Death" | 135 |
| 17. | "Japan's Foreign Policy Will Not Be Changed" | 142 |
| 18. | "As If He Were Beyond Penalty" | 148 |
| 19. | "We Want Hustlers!" | 157 |
| 20. | "Plenty of Potential Dynamite" | 165 |
| 21. | "A Cunning Dragon Seemingly Asleep" | 172 |
| 22. | "Prophetic in Its Accuracy" | 181 |
| 23. | "Present Attitude and Plans" | 189 |
| 24. | "A Very Strong Fighting Spirit" | 195 |
| 25. | "Resolved to Go to War" | 202 |
| 26. | "Waves and Winds So Unsettled" | 208 |
| 27. | "A Serious Study" | 215 |
| 28. | "The War Games" | 223 |
| 29. | "Time Was Running Out" | 232 |
| 30. | "But What About the Pacific?" | 239 |
| 31. | "A Significant and Ominous Change" | 248 |
| 32. | "No Matter What the Cost" | 258 |
| 33. | "Now the Clouds Were Raised" | 265 |
| 34. | "The Power, the Purpose and the Plan" | 274 |
| 35. | "Pearl Harbor Will Be Attacked" | 280 |
| 36. | "We Should Be on Guard" | 287 |
| 37. | "As One with the Combined Fleet" | 295 |
| Part II | Action | |
| 38. | "Other Kind of People" | 307 |
| 39. | "Based on Deception" | 313 |
| 40. | "In the Hands of God" | 320 |
| 41. | "Complete War Preparations" | 326 |
| 42. | "Ringing Bells and Banging Drums" | 334 |
| 43. | "I Swear to Be Successful" | 342 |
| 44. | "A Situation Full of Dynamite" | 353 |
| 45. | "Things Are Automatically Going to Happen" | 365 |
| 46. | "Wherever It Might Be Found" | 373 |
| 47. | "Cleave the Enemy in Two!" | 381 |
| 48. | "A Match for Anything Afloat" | 389 |
| 49. | "That Was the Monkey Wrench" | 396 |
| 50. | "To Be Considered a War Warning" | 402 |
| 51. | "Our Diplomats Will Have to Be Sacrificed" | 414 |
| 52. | "The Vacant Sea" | 422 |
| 53. | "Glory or Oblivion" | 430 |
| 54. | "Great Unease in All of Our Minds" | 439 |
| 55. | "Sure Indication of War" | 446 |
| 56. | "Another Straw in the Wind" | 453 |
| 57. | "On a Keg of Dynamite" | 464 |
| 58. | "This Means War" | 474 |
| 59. | "The Japs Are Planning Some Deviltry" | 483 |
| 60. | "An Awful Urgency" | 493 |
| 61. | "Tora! Tora! Tora!" | 499 |
| 62. | "Sound General Quarters" | 505 |
| 63. | "They Caught Them Asleep, by God!" | 517 |
| 64. | "Oh, How Powerful Is the Imperial Navy!" | 528 |
| 65. | "The Chance of a Lifetime" | 541 |
| Part III | Aftermath | |
| 66. | "An Excitement Indeed" | 553 |
| 67. | "Our Flag Was Still There" | 561 |
| 68. | "Clouds over Mountains" | 573 |
| 69. | "Not on the Alert" | 582 |
| 70. | "Dereliction of Duty" | 592 |
| 71. | "The Ashes of a Bitter Past" | 605 |
| 72. | "Something Ought to Be Done" | 614 |
| 73. | "Full and Fair Disclosure" | 623 |
| 74. | "We Have a Job to Do" | 636 |
| 75. | "Errors of Judgment" | 649 |
| 76. | "We Want the Truth" | 662 |
| 77. | "A Partisan Matter" | 675 |
| 78. | "The Evidence Piles Up" | 686 |
| 79. | "A Fighting Chance" | 699 |
| 80. | "Fixing the Blame" | 712 |
| 81. | "The Verdict of History" | 725 |
| Afterword | 739 | |
| Appendix | ||
| Notes | 757 | |
| Abbreviations Used in Text | 813 | |
| Source Material | 814 | |
| List of Major Personnel | 836 | |
| The Pearl Harbor Investigations | 841 | |
| Selected Bibliography | 843 | |
| Revisionists Revisited | 855 | |
| Index | 869 |
Anonymous
Posted July 1, 2003
At Dawn We Slept tells the complete tale of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor from its inception through its completion, and the aftermath for both sides in this conflict. It examines the planning stages of the raid on the Japanese end and explains the point of view for each of the major players in this drama. An exceptional amount of time is given to the interrelationships of Admiral Yamamoto, General Tojo, the Emperor, and Japanese politics in the ultimate decision to proceed along the path to war. The author examines the role of such well-known figures as Admiral Kimmel, General Short, Secretary Hull, Ambassador Grew and President Roosevelt. He doesn't stop at this point, but instead follows up with reviews of personnel at all ranks and positions in the armed forces. Prange attempts to determine or stipulate who really was to blame? In this aspect, the War Department and the commanders, Kimmel and Short, are held responsible. Prange comes down hard on the War Department for failing to notify the commanders of the intercepted 'bomb plot' message. Kimmel and Short both grossly misinterpreted the 'War Warning' message dated November 27, 1941, sent to them by Washington. Kimmell, the naval commander, felt that the security of the base was all up to the Army (which was true), while Short, the commander of the Army felt that the Navy was supposed to provide the long range reconnaissance (which was also true). Both commanders kept asking Washington for more planes and personnel, all the while Kimmell was losing ships to the war in the Atlantic. Short only alerted his troops against possible sabotage and maintained his training schedule, which was so routine that few initially believed the attack was real. This is an excellent book that examines the background to the Pearl Harbor attack, and does not detail the attack itself. This book takes an in depth look at the men and the assumptions that made Pearl Harbor. But be warned, it is very wordy and a task in of itself to read. At over 800 pages all said and done, with more names than one can reasonably remember, it is highly recommended that you take notes on the key players for a reference while reading. In all, a must read historical account at what could easily repeat itself in today¿s world of terrorism and you will quickly recognize that the same flaws that led to this attack exist in every government agency today. An eye opener (once you¿re done reading it...) that anyone who works in security of our nation should read.
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Posted October 22, 2003
This book is a wonderful overview of Pearl Harbor. It has great detail of incident and actually made me cry more than a few times. It really makes me think about what those people had to go through.
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Posted June 25, 2003
I found this 'historical novel' to be fascinating. I have seen several movies and several commentaries on the attack of Pearl harbor, but this read actually has taken these mediums to an all time high. The attack on American soil is by far the most incredible event I believe to have ever happened in the United States. It was the largest eye opener to Americans that we could easily fall victim to complacency. An event that will never be forgotten, the United States had everything we could have had for the prevention and sustainment of such a fight, but enemy speed and violence in attack would be our competitor and we were slow out of the gate. The Japanese sent us a message. I find it absolutely amazing that 50 plus years later we are still naive to the fact that we have to keep history from repeating itself. We cannot afford to make the same mistakes. Our intelligence drives our operations and the smallest of details cannot be overlooked. The authors were very lengthy in the details of each party, but the overall read was great.
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Overview
Fifty years after the attack that plunged America into World War II, At Dawn We Slept remains the greatest account of Pearl Harbor ever written.This gripping study scrupulously reconstructs the Japanese attack, from its conception (less than a year before the actual raid) to its lightning execution; and it reveals the true reason for the American debacle: the insurmountable disbelief in the Japanese threat that kept America from heeding advance warnings and caused leaders to ignore evidence submitted by our own intelligence sources.
Based on thirty-seven years of intense research and countless interviews, and incorporating previously untranslated ...