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Infamy

by Toland, John
Published by : Doubleday and Company (Garden City, NY) Physical details: 366 p ISBN:0385145594. ISSN:978038514
Subject(s): 1941 -- Hawaii
Year: 1982
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900 - 999 940.5426 Tol (Browse shelf) Available Gift 51700

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 ramifications 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.

51700