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  • Infamy: Pearl Harbor and its Aftermath

    (By John Toland)

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    Author John Toland
    “Book Descriptions: The controversial, best-selling investigation of the events surrounding Pearl Harbor acclaimed as "a shocking account of judgments distorted by politics & career hunger & racism... fascinating reading."--LA Times
    1) Tangled web
    1 "How did they catch us with our pants down, Mr President?" 12/6-7/41
    2 Mr Knox goes west 12/8-16/41
    3 "Some admiral or some general in the Pacific may be made the goat."
    Herbert Hoover 12/17/41
    1/29/42
    4 "Settle yourself in a quiet nook somewhere & let old father time help this entire situation."
    Stark to Kimmel 1/25/42
    2/44
    2) Pandora's box
    5 Mutiny on the second deck
    6 The Hart inquiry 2-6/44
    7 The Army & Navy club 6-10/44
    8 "You do not have to carry the torch for Admiral Kimmel" 6/44
    9/45
    3) Congress dances
    9 "If I had known what was to happen...I would have never have allowed myself to be 'tagged'"-Wm D. Mitchell 11-12/45
    10 Their day in court 12/31/45-1/31/46
    11 Safford at bay 2/1-11/46
    12 "To throw as soft a light as possible on the Washington scene"
    4) The Tenth investigation
    13 Operation Z 1932
    11/27/41
    14 The Tracking of Kido Butai 11/26-12/6
    15 Date of infamy. "But they knew, they knew, they knew" 12/7-8/41
    16 The Summing up”

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