Visions of infamy : the untold story of how journalist Hector C. Bywater devised the plans that led to Pearl Harbor

Book

Visions of infamy : the untold story of how journalist Hector C. Bywater devised the plans that led to Pearl Harbor / William H. Honan.

Honan, William H. (William Holmes) (Author).

Record details

ISBN: 0312054548
ISBN: 9780312054540
Physical Description: xvi, 346 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: New York : St. Martin's Press, 1991.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 311-329) and index.

Formatted Contents Note:

Torpedo attack -- "War when Japan is ready" -- "Our splendid spy in Germany" -- Cruel years -- The fleet street press gang -- Seize the Danube position -- An exhilarating possibility -- "Special line on Japanese information" -- Bywater vs. Roosevelt -- Keston Pond maneuvers -- Les Guerres imaginaires -- "It might foment trouble" -- The Great Pacific War -- Wrong end of the telescope -- "Prophetic!" "Mischievous!" " A Bungle!" -- "Attack Americans in Hawaii" -- War plan orange -- World's leading authority -- "We sailors get on admirably together" -- The monster battleship crisis -- The most violent day -- "I can give them hell."