[Homer_J_Simpson]

Gordon W. Prange, At Dawn We Slept

[Homer_J_Simpson]

William L. Shirer, The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich

[ArmstedFragg]

Here’s an add for your library if you like Prange’s work: “The Storm of War” by Andrew Roberts. Just out this year in the US. Lots of details, and lots of those little “Gordon-like” human interest sidelines. His coverage of the Soviet campaign is excellent.

[BroJoeK]

From Prange: "When the document reached Col. Rufus C. Bratton in G-2, it riveted his attention, as well it might.
In no other instance did the Japanese set up what amounted to a grid system for reporting the presence and position of ships in harbor.

"Bratton thought that 'the Japanese were showing unusual interest in the port at Honolulu,' but his chief, General Miles, saw nothing to get excieted about.
He veiwed the message as part of the normal Japanese tyraffic concerning American naval movements..."

Yet another clear warning which should not have been ignored.

Interestingly, Henry Clausen names Col Bratton as one of those most responsible for US failures at Pearl Harbor, but Clausen does not mention Bratton's boss, General Miles.

This quote from Prange shows the real problem was not underlings like Bratton, but their superiors, like Miles -- or Miles' boss, Marshall.