[Homer_J_Simpson]

Gordon W. Prange, At Dawn We Slept

[Homer_J_Simpson]

Winston S. Churchill, The Grand Alliance

[BroJoeK]

Gordon W. Prange, At Dawn We Slept:

"Here again that old serpent dichotomy raised its snaky head.
Marshall was aware of the danger to Hawaii and would do everything he could to provide protection to the outpost, yet deep down he did not believe the Japanese would attack..."

First of all, anyone who imagines that Gordon Prange blames everything on Kimmel & Short, while letting the top brass in Washington completely off the hook, has been smoking something illegal, instead of actually reading Prange's book.

Second, Prange wrote before 1980, when less information about "what Washington knew" was available, so Prange doesn't go nearly far enough.

In the end, Marshall, Stark & others at the top ignored numerous specific warnings, misinterpreted important clues, and refused to pass along vital data to Hawaii, despite the advise of such capable middle level Washington officers as Navy Commander Arthur McCollum and Army Colonel Rufus Bratton.