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With the same imposing scholarship and narrative drive that distinguished its predecessor, Pearl Harbor uncovers the secret roles played by the president, his cabinet secretaries, admirals, and generals in the weeks before the attack. Based on more than forty years of research, extensive interviews, and an insider's knowledge of the military, this book poses an explosive and highly convincing new theory of America's entry into the Pacific War. Like the very best works of history, it not only expands but dramatically deepens our understanding of the vents that were once the province of myth and rumor.
| Introduction | vii | |
| Preface | xiii | |
| List of Major Personnel | xix | |
| Abbreviations | xxiii | |
| Prologue | xxxi | |
| Part I | The Base and the Summit | |
| 1. | "We Were All Out There" | 3 |
| 2. | "Slow in Waking Up" | 15 |
| 3. | "Too Deeply to Bury Their Hate" | 34 |
| 4. | "Bait for a Japanese Attack" | 45 |
| 5. | "To Avoid War with Japan" | 66 |
| 6. | "He Had Supreme Responsibility" | 91 |
| 7. | "On Lines of National Policy" | 105 |
| 8. | "Looking in the Wrong Direction" | 121 |
| Part II | Advisers, Planners, and Chiefs | |
| 9. | "With Knives and Hatchets" | 141 |
| 10. | "Unsurmountable Obstacles" | 158 |
| 11. | "Crimination and Recrimination" | 177 |
| 12. | "To Help and Serve" | 194 |
| 13. | "Faults of Omission" | 212 |
| 14. | "Outside of Effective Contact" | 233 |
| 15. | "A Finger of Blame" | 248 |
| 16. | "Primarily a Failure of Men" | 267 |
| 17. | "The Pitfalls of Divided Responsibility" | 285 |
| 18. | "A Lack of Imagination" | 298 |
| 19. | "East Wind Rain" | 312 |
| Part III | Field Commanders and Operators | |
| 20. | "A Sentinel on Duty" | 333 |
| 21. | "Alerted to Prevent Sabotage" | 348 |
| 22. | "The Failure to Comprehend" | 363 |
| 23. | "An Important Man in an Important Post" | 384 |
| 24. | "Peculiar, Complicated and Tense" | 398 |
| 25. | "Always Striving for Perfection" | 416 |
| 26. | "His Most Grievous Failure" | 430 |
| 27. | "The Last Critical Stages" | 446 |
| 28. | "It Is Inexplicable" | 464 |
| Part IV | The View from the Crow's Nest | |
| 29. | "Blessed by the War God" | 479 |
| 30. | "A Strategic Imbecility" | 498 |
| 31. | "A Mental Attitude" | 516 |
| 32. | "In the Wake of the Pearl Harbor Disaster" | 532 |
| 33. | "Remember Pearl Harbor!" | 549 |
| Appendices | ||
| 1. | The Pearl Harbor Investigations | 647 |
| 2. | Japanese Proposals of November 20, 1941 | 650 |
| 3. | "War Warning" Messages of November 27, 1941 | 651 |
| 4. | Proposed Modus Vivendi | 653 |
| 5. | Japan's "Bomb Plot" Message | 656 |
| 6. | The Hull Note of November 26, 1941 | 657 |
| 7. | Popov Questionnaire | 660 |
| Selected Bibliography | 663 | |
| Index | 677 |
Anonymous
Posted August 2, 2008
A detailed discussion of views/explanations about the 'debacle' at Pearl Harbor. An excellent follow-up to 'Dawn'.
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With the same imposing scholarship and narrative drive that distinguished its predecessor, Pearl Harbor uncovers the secret roles played by the president, his cabinet secretaries, ...