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Infamy : Pearl Harbor and its aftermath /

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Garden City, N.Y. : Doubleday, 1982.Edition: 1st edDescription: xvi, 366 pages, [32] pages of plates : illustrations, 2 maps ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 0385145594
  • 9780385145596
Other title:
  • Pearl Harbor and its aftermath
Subject(s): Additional physical formats: Online version:: Infamy.DDC classification:
  • 940.54/26 19
LOC classification:
  • D767.92 .T63 1982
Contents:
pt. I : Tangled web -- 1 : "How did they catch us with our pants down, Mr. President?" : December 6-7, 1941 -- 2 : Mr. Knox goes west : December 8-16, 1941 -- 3 : "Some admiral or some general in the Pacific may be made the goat." -- Herbert Hoover : December 17, 1941 -- January 29, 1942 -- 4 : "Settle yourself in a quiet nook somewhere and let old father time help this entire situation." -- Stark to Kimmel : January 25, 1942 -- February 1944 -- pt. II : Pandora's box -- 5 : Mutiny on the second deck -- 6 : The Hart inquiry : February -- June 1944 -- 7 : The Army and Navy club : June -- October 1944 -- 8 : "You do not have to carry the torch for Admiral Kimmel" : June 1944 -- September 1945 -- pt. III : Congress dances -- 9 : "If I had known what was to happen ... I would have never have allowed myself to be 'tagged'" -- William D. Mitchell : November -- December 1945 -- 10 : Their day in court : December 31, 1945 -- January 31, 1946 -- 11 : Safford at bay : February 1 -- 11, 1946 -- 12 : "To throw as soft a light as possible on the Washiington scene" -- pt. IV : The Tenth investigation -- 13 : Operation Z : 1932 -- November 27, 1941 -- 14 : The Tracking of Kido Butai : November 26 -- December 6 -- 15 : Date of infamy. "But they knew, they knew, they knew" : December 7 -- 8, 1941 -- 16 : The Summing up.
Summary: Investigates the military, political, and historical remifications of the bombing of Pearl Harbor, examining the unpreparedness of the United States, the cover-up following the disaster, and other important aspects of the attack and its effects.
Holdings
Item type Home library Collection Call number Vol info Copy number Status Date due Barcode
NF NF Chamberlin Free Public Library Nonfiction 940.54 TOL (Browse shelf(Opens below)) D767.92 .T63 1982 1 Available 34517000207996

Maps on lining papers.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 328-336) and index.

pt. I : Tangled web -- 1 : "How did they catch us with our pants down, Mr. President?" : December 6-7, 1941 -- 2 : Mr. Knox goes west : December 8-16, 1941 -- 3 : "Some admiral or some general in the Pacific may be made the goat." -- Herbert Hoover : December 17, 1941 -- January 29, 1942 -- 4 : "Settle yourself in a quiet nook somewhere and let old father time help this entire situation." -- Stark to Kimmel : January 25, 1942 -- February 1944 -- pt. II : Pandora's box -- 5 : Mutiny on the second deck -- 6 : The Hart inquiry : February -- June 1944 -- 7 : The Army and Navy club : June -- October 1944 -- 8 : "You do not have to carry the torch for Admiral Kimmel" : June 1944 -- September 1945 -- pt. III : Congress dances -- 9 : "If I had known what was to happen ... I would have never have allowed myself to be 'tagged'" -- William D. Mitchell : November -- December 1945 -- 10 : Their day in court : December 31, 1945 -- January 31, 1946 -- 11 : Safford at bay : February 1 -- 11, 1946 -- 12 : "To throw as soft a light as possible on the Washiington scene" -- pt. IV : The Tenth investigation -- 13 : Operation Z : 1932 -- November 27, 1941 -- 14 : The Tracking of Kido Butai : November 26 -- December 6 -- 15 : Date of infamy. "But they knew, they knew, they knew" : December 7 -- 8, 1941 -- 16 : The Summing up.

Investigates the military, political, and historical remifications of the bombing of Pearl Harbor, examining the unpreparedness of the United States, the cover-up following the disaster, and other important aspects of the attack and its effects.

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