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Author:

Twomey, Steve, author.

Title:

Countdown to Pearl Harbor : the twelve days to the attack / Steve Twomey.

Publisher:

Simon & Schuster,

Copyright Date:

2016

Description:

xiv, 365 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm

Subject:

United States.--Navy--History--History--20th century.
Pearl Harbor (Hawaii), Attack on, 1941.
World War, 1939-1945--Causes.
Military intelligence--United States--History--20th century.
World War, 1939-1945--United States.
United States--Politics and government--1933-1945.
United States--Foreign relations--Japan.
Japan--Foreign relations--United States.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

Preface: the boys at Opana -- An end, a beginning -- Hitokappu's secret -- The Admiral Chief of the Pacific Fleet -- Betty -- It doesn't mean us -- Machine gun short -- Ambassador Joe and President Frank -- Their mail, opened and read -- The talents of Nippon -- The ships that were not there -- The smoke of secrets -- A time to look -- Out of their depth -- Your Majesty -- Dinner at the Halekulani -- From the vacant sea.

Summary:

Chronicles the twelve days leading up to the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, examining the miscommunications, clues, missteps, and racist assumptions that may have been behind America's failure to safeguard against the tragedy.

ISBN:

1476776482 (pbk.)
9781476776484 (pbk.)
1476776466 (hardcover)
9781476776460 (hardcover)

LCCN:

2016019080

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