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And I Was There - Pearl Harbor and Midway, Breaking the Secrets

By: William Morrow

Type: Hardcover

Product Line: Historical & Reference Books (William Morrow)

Last Stocked on 12/3/2020

Product Info

Title
And I Was There - Pearl Harbor and Midway, Breaking the Secrets
Publisher
Category
Author
Edwin Layton
Publish Year
1985
Pages
596
Dimensions
6.5x9x2"
NKG Part #
2147833612
Type
Hardcover

Description

Why did the Japanese attack Pearl Harbor? How did they inflict the greatest military defeat in American history? What went wrong? "And I Was There" is the first book by a top-ranking American navy officer to answer these questions. Admiral Layton scrupulously kept these secrets to himself until the recent declassification of a half million documents from U.S. military archives. Only then did Layton believe he was free to tell his story. He names those who knew about Japanese intentions, how they acquired their knowledge and how they misused it. He speaks with unique authority. He was the Pacific Fleet's intelligence officer prior to Pearl Harbor, and he continued to serve in the same capacity for Admiral Nimitz throughout the war. As Layton says: he was there.