Defenseless: The Political Sabotage of Pearl Harbor Book + PRICE WATCH * Amazon pricing is not included in price watch

Defenseless: The Political Sabotage of Pearl Harbor Book

In 1999, by a vote of 52 to 47, the U.S. Senate cleared the names of Admiral Husband Kimmel and Lieutenant General Walter Short of blame for leaving Pearl Harbor vulnerable to attack. According to the declaration, Kimmel and Short had performed their duties 'competently and professionally,' and that America's losses at Pearl were 'not the result of dereliction of duty.' Revisionist historians have been trying for years to portray Short and Kimmel as innocent scapegoats. However, Major General Kenneth Bergquist is among the many witnesses who went to their graves crying 'foul,' but not before telling their stories to historians Jack Lambert and Norman Polmar. This book combines the evidence of never-before-seen photos and documents, Lambert's taped interviews with some of the last surviving witnesses, exhaustive research of all remaining evidence, Polmar's perspective as naval warfare commentator for the History Channel, and Barry Levenson's legal experience trying cases before the U.S. Supreme Court, to finally put the case of the tragic failure of command and dereliction of duty leading up to December 7, 1941, to rest.Read More

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  • 0760317399
  • 9780760317396
  • Jack Lambert, Norman Polmar
  • 1 October 2003
  • Motorbooks International
  • Hardcover (Book)
  • 258
  • illustrated edition
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