And I Was There: Pearl Harbor and Midway--Breaking the Secrets - Couverture souple

Layton, Edwin T.; Pineau, Roger; Costello, John

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0688069681 ISBN 13 : 9780688069681

Editeur : William Morrow & Co, 1987

Synopsis

Book by Rear Admiral Edwin T Layton USN

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

At Pearl Harbor when the Japanese attacked, Ed Layton knew exactly what had gone wrong as he watched the bombs and torpedoes wipe out the US Pacific Fleet. But he kept those secrets to himself for forty-three years until the government released half a million classified documents from its intelligence archives. Finally free to tell his story, the retired admiral published his revelations in this memoir in 1985 to worldwide attention. It is the first book by a top-ranking American naval officer to answer how Japan had managed to inflict such damage. Layton names those who knew about the Japanese intentions, how they acquired their knowledge, and how they misused it. He speaks with unique authority. An intelligence officer, he was responsible for keeping Admiral Nimitz informed about Japan's strategic objectives, capabilities, and intended operations. This blow-by-blow account of a war within a war describes admirals fighting admirals while civilian officials in Washington vied for power and turf and disregarded the national interest. It tells of a secret deal between Roosevelt and Churchill that called preemptive air raids on the Japanese homeland and how this deterrent strategy failed. It is also the first book to detail the background of the secret radio intelligence war against Japan and to break the story of how Washington repeated its blunders of Pearl Harbor and almost lost the crucial Battle of Midway. Calling the shots as he saw them, Layton writes in salty, unvarnished prose but thoroughly documents his revelations.

Biographie de l'auteur

Rear Admiral Edwin T. Layton, USN (Ret.), was the staff intelligence officer for the Commander-in-Chief of the US Pacific Fleet from 7 December 1940 to the surrender of Japan.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: William Morrow & Co
• Date d'édition: 1987
• ISBN 10: 0688069681
• ISBN 13: 9780688069681
• Reliure: Broché
• Langue: anglais
• Nombre de pages: 596
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible