Days of Infamy - How Their Secret Deals and Strategic Blunders Caused Disaster at Pearl Harbor and the Philippines - John Costello

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Days of Infamy explores how high-level decisions and missteps converged to produce the catastrophe of Pearl Harbor and the Philippines at the start of World War II. The narrative examines Roosevelt’s choices affecting deterrence, MacArthur’s failures and later escape from accountability, and the implications of intelligence and intercepted signals involving Churchill. It also addresses long-held British secrecy and unresolved questions about motives and payments around the early-war period.

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How Their Secret Deals and Strategic Blunders Caused Disaster at Pearl Harbor and the Philippines

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MACARTHUR,ROOSEVELT,CHURCHILL- THE SHOCKING TRUTH REVEALED How Their Secret Deais and Strategic Blunders Caused Disasters at Pearl Harbor and the PhllIppines JOHNCOSTELLO DAYS OF INFAMYMacArthur,Roosevelt,Churchill—The Shocking Truth Revealed □ 176714"01400 # How Their Secret Deals and Strategic Blunders CausedDisaster at Pearl Harbor and the Philippines | 00 | | | --- | --- | | | | | | 7 | | | | | | 6 | | | | | | 9 | | | | | | 8 | | | | | | | | | o | ·Why did Roosevelt's decision to reinforce the Philippines atthe expense of Hawaii result in a disastrous Far East deterrentpact with the British? ·How did MacArthur let the Japanese destroy the greatestconcentration of American air power in the Pacific nine hoursafter the attack on Pearl Harbor and then escape theconsequences of this dereliction? ·What was behind the $500,000 payoff that MacArthur received from the Philippines Treasury three weeks after thewar broke out? ·Did Churchill receive advance intelligence of the attack onPearl Harbor that the U.S.Navy failed to break out of theintercepted Japanese naval signals? ISBN □-671-76986-3 ·Why have the British kept the final secrets of Pearl Harborconcealed for fifty years? # PRAISE FOR JOHN COSTELLO'SDAYS OF INFAMY "This is one of the most thoroughly researched and carefullycrafted books about the beginning of the U.S.involvement inWorld War II yet to come out.John Costello's ability todevelop sources is uncanny,his depth incredible.In DAYSOFINFAMY he has made the greatest contribution yet to thedeveloping history of that Armageddon of modern times." —Captain E.L.Beach,U.S.Navy(Ret.)Author of Run Silent,Run Deep andThe U.S.Navy:Two Hundred Years “DAYS OF INFAMY goes far beyond the standard accountsof the American debacle at Pearl Harbor....This is goodhistory,powerfully told." —Professor Timothy Nafthali,University of Hawaii "John Costello has produced a major account of startlinginformation ...which will leave the reader stunned.Hepulls no punches.His evidence is overwhelming and compel-ling.This book,above all others,cries out for justice andthe righting of wrongs committed against Admiral Kimmeland General Short in making them scapegoats for PearlHarbor....' —Rear Admiral C.D.Grojean,U.S.Navy(Ret.)Executive Director,The Admiral Nimitz Foundation "[A]well-documented narrative....Costello tells a muchbigger story than Pearl Harbor's day of infamy—and tellsit well." —Thomas B.Allen,Proceedings “Costello's new book sets the record straight on MacArthur'sfrst hours as a World War I commander.It does so onthe basis of thorough research into the primary sources,including some only recently declassified.His book should beready by every American who wants to know what actuallyhappened,both the good and the bad,when the curtain wentup on the opening act of the Pacific War.' —Michael Gannon, Distinguished Service Professor of History,University of Florida "This book is terrific.I very much like the emphasis placedon British-American strategies for deterring Japanese ag-gressiveness as the central theme in an event sequence thatled to the success of the surprise attack on Pearl Harbor.Youare doing a great service to improving the record about astill misunderstood bit of history that is loaded with implica-tions for the future if we still refuse to acknowledge the rolethat intelligence played in that day of infamy." —Vice Admiral David C.Richardson,U.S.Navy(Ret.)Former Commander in Chief,Sixth Fleet "You have made a great contribution to the overall under-standing of Pearl Harbor."—Edward S.Kimmell (son of Admiral Husband E.Kimmell) "DAYS OF INFAMY is a sober informative work bringing upnew aspects,and hitting all bases.Your discussion of thechange of views in Washington on extending the U.S.fron-tiers out to the Philippines is something I've not seen broughtout before,and is important....Good man!" —Rear Admiral Kemp Tolley,U.S.Navy(Ret.)

FAQs

Why does the book link Roosevelt’s reinforcement of the Philippines to a disastrous deterrent pact with Britain?

It argues that reallocating U.S. focus toward the Philippines created a breakdown in the Far East deterrence arrangement involving the British, with harmful consequences for readiness and strategy.

How does the book describe MacArthur’s role after the Pearl Harbor attack?

It questions how MacArthur allowed Japanese forces to destroy a major concentration of American air power shortly after Pearl Harbor, then managed to avoid the consequences of that dereliction.

What intelligence questions does the book raise about Churchill and the Pearl Harbor attack?

It asks whether Churchill received advance intelligence that the U.S. Navy failed to act on, despite intercepted Japanese naval signals.

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