[Homer_J_Simpson]

Gordon W. Prange, At Dawn We Slept

[Homer_J_Simpson]

Winston S. Churchill, The Grand Alliance

[BroJoeK]

Prange, At Dawn We Slept: "[General] Marshall's 'aide memoire' concluded: 'In point of sequence, sabotage is first to be expected, and may, within a very limited time cause great damage.
On this account, and in order to insure strong control, it would be highly desirable to set up a military control of the islands prior to the likelihood of our involvement in the Far East.' "

Prange commenting: "The Chief of Staff expected widespread sabotage in Hawaii as a fact beyond dispute.
This in turn indicated he expected one of two things:

1. Either a general advance warning, such as a formal declaration of war, at which signal thousands of Hawaii's Japanese would spring into action, or
2. Tokyo's coordination of an attack with local brethren."

Here we see one root-cause of Hawaii's Army commander, General Short's, response to the various "war warnings" he will receive before December 7.