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The Pearl Harbor myth : rethinking the unthinkable / George Victor.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Victor, George.
- Series:
- Military controversies
- Potomac's military controversies series
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Pearl Harbor (Hawaii), Attack on, 1941.
- World War, 1939-1945--Diplomatic history.
- World War, 1939-1945.
- Diplomatic history.
- World War, 1939-1945--United States.
- United States--Foreign relations--1933-1945.
- United States.
- International relations.
- Physical Description:
- xii, 355 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm.
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- Washington, DC : Potomac Books, [2007]
- Summary:
- Did U.S. intelligence know of Japan's coming attack on Pearl Harbor? Did President Roosevelt know? If so, why did he withhold warnings from the commanders in Hawaii? The answers are embedded in the cogent analysis of
- Contents:
- 1 Birth of a Myth 1
- 2 Establishing the Myth 17
- 3 Warnings of the Pearl Harbor Attack 29
- 4 Challenges to the Myth 53
- 5 Secrecy and Cover-Up 61
- 6 The Accused 81
- 7 Background to War Between Japan and the United States 113
- 8 Japan's Moves to Dominate East Asia 125
- 9 Roosevelt's Tentative Moves against Germany 133
- 10 Secret Alliance and Undeclared War 165
- 11 Countdown in Washington: The July Turning Point 187
- 12 Countdown in Tokyo 217
- 13 Countdown in Washington: The November Turning Point 239
- 14 Awaiting the Blow 263
- Afterword: History and the Unthinkable 293.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 329-343) and index.
- ISBN:
- 1597970425
- 9781597970426
- OCLC:
- 70698932
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