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The Resource Countdown to Pearl Harbor : the twelve days to the attack, Steve Twomey
Countdown to Pearl Harbor : the twelve days to the attack, Steve Twomey
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The item Countdown to Pearl Harbor : the twelve days to the attack, Steve Twomey represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Calgary Public Library.This item is available to borrow from all library branches.
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The item Countdown to Pearl Harbor : the twelve days to the attack, Steve Twomey represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Calgary Public Library.
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- Summary
- A fascinating look at the twelve days leading up to the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor--the warnings, clues and missteps--by a Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter.In Washington, DC, in late November 1941, admirals compose the most ominous message in Navy history to warn Hawaii of possible danger, but they write it too vaguely. They think precautions are being taken, but never check to see if they are. A key intelligence officer wants more warnings sent, but he is on the losing end of a bureaucratic battle and can't get the message out. American sleuths have pierced Japan's most vital diplomatic code, and Washington believes it has a window on the enemy's soul--but it does not. In a small office at Pearl Harbor, overlooking the battleships at the heart of America's seafaring power, the Commander of the Pacific Fleet tries to figure out how much danger he really faces. His intelligence unit has lost track of Japan's biggest aircraft carriers, but assumes they are resting in a port far away. The admiral thinks Pearl is too shallow for torpedoes, so he never puts up a barrier. As he frets, a Japanese spy is counting the warships in the harbor and reporting to Tokyo. There were false assumptions, and racist ones: The Japanese aren't very good aviators and they don't have the nerve or the skill to attempt a strike so far from their home. There were misunderstandings, conflicting desires, painful choices. And there was a naval officer who, on his very first mission as captain of his very first ship, did exactly the right thing. His warning could have averted disaster, but his superiors reacted too leisurely. Japanese planes arrived moments later. Twomey's telescoping of the twelve days leading to the attack unravels the crucial characters and moments, and produces an edge-of-your seat drama with fascinating details about America at this moment in its history. By the end, the reader understands how assumption is the root of disaster, and how sometimes a gamble pays off
- Language
- eng
- Edition
- Unabridged.
- Extent
- 1 online resource (1 sound file (11 hr., 6 sec.))
- Isbn
- 9781508227793
- Label
- Countdown to Pearl Harbor : the twelve days to the attack
- Title
- Countdown to Pearl Harbor
- Title remainder
- the twelve days to the attack
- Statement of responsibility
- Steve Twomey
- Subject
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- Audiobooks
- Audiobooks
- Diplomatic relations
- Downloadable audio books
- HISTORY / Military / World War II
- Hawaii
- History
- Japan
- Japan -- Foreign relations -- United States
- Military intelligence
- Military intelligence -- United States -- History -- 20th century
- Pearl Harbor (Hawaii), Attack on, 1941
- Pearl Harbor, Attack on (Hawaii : 1941)
- Politics and government
- 1900-1999
- United States -- Foreign relations -- Japan
- United States -- Politics and government -- 1933-1945
- United States, Navy
- United States, Navy -- Officers | History -- 20th century
- War -- Causes
- World War (1939-1945)
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Causes
- World War, 1939-1945 -- United States
- United States
- Armed Forces -- Officers
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- A fascinating look at the twelve days leading up to the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor--the warnings, clues and missteps--by a Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter.In Washington, DC, in late November 1941, admirals compose the most ominous message in Navy history to warn Hawaii of possible danger, but they write it too vaguely. They think precautions are being taken, but never check to see if they are. A key intelligence officer wants more warnings sent, but he is on the losing end of a bureaucratic battle and can't get the message out. American sleuths have pierced Japan's most vital diplomatic code, and Washington believes it has a window on the enemy's soul--but it does not. In a small office at Pearl Harbor, overlooking the battleships at the heart of America's seafaring power, the Commander of the Pacific Fleet tries to figure out how much danger he really faces. His intelligence unit has lost track of Japan's biggest aircraft carriers, but assumes they are resting in a port far away. The admiral thinks Pearl is too shallow for torpedoes, so he never puts up a barrier. As he frets, a Japanese spy is counting the warships in the harbor and reporting to Tokyo. There were false assumptions, and racist ones: The Japanese aren't very good aviators and they don't have the nerve or the skill to attempt a strike so far from their home. There were misunderstandings, conflicting desires, painful choices. And there was a naval officer who, on his very first mission as captain of his very first ship, did exactly the right thing. His warning could have averted disaster, but his superiors reacted too leisurely. Japanese planes arrived moments later. Twomey's telescoping of the twelve days leading to the attack unravels the crucial characters and moments, and produces an edge-of-your seat drama with fascinating details about America at this moment in its history. By the end, the reader understands how assumption is the root of disaster, and how sometimes a gamble pays off
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- technical information on music
- Cataloging source
- TEFOD
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Twomey, Steve
- Dewey number
- 940.54/26693
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- LC call number
- D767.92
- LC item number
- .T86 2016ab
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- PerformerNote
- Read by Holter Graham
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- Graham, Holter
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- United States
- Pearl Harbor (Hawaii), Attack on, 1941
- World War, 1939-1945
- United States
- Military intelligence
- United States
- Japan
- World War, 1939-1945
- HISTORY / Military / World War II
- United States
- Pearl Harbor, Attack on (Hawaii : 1941)
- World War (1939-1945)
- Armed Forces
- Diplomatic relations
- Military intelligence
- Politics and government
- War
- Hawaii
- Japan
- United States
- Transposition and arrangement
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- Label
- Countdown to Pearl Harbor : the twelve days to the attack, Steve Twomey
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- Edition
- Unabridged.
- Extent
- 1 online resource (1 sound file (11 hr., 6 sec.))
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- online
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- Isbn
- 9781508227793
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- Countdown to Pearl Harbor : the twelve days to the attack, Steve Twomey
- Link
- Antecedent source
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- Capture and storage technique
- unknown
- Carrier category
- online resource
- Carrier category code
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- cr
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Color
- not applicable
- Configuration of playback channels
- unknown
- Content category
- spoken word
- Content type code
-
- spw
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Control code
- ocn962024477
- Dimensions
-
- not applicable
- unknown
- Edition
- Unabridged.
- Extent
- 1 online resource (1 sound file (11 hr., 6 sec.))
- File format
- unknown
- Form of item
- online
- Groove width / pitch
- not applicable
- Isbn
- 9781508227793
- Kind of cutting
- not applicable
- Kind of disc cylinder or tape
- not applicable
- Kind of material
- unknown
- Level of compression
- unknown
- Media category
- computer
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- c
- Other physical details
- digital.
- Quality assurance targets
- not applicable
- Reformatting quality
- unknown
- Sound
- sound
- Special playback characteristics
- digital recording
- Specific material designation
-
- other
- remote
- Speed
- other
- Stock number
- C0783F75-7707-4E27-A80D-F2A8210485A3
- System control number
- (OCoLC)962024477
- Tape configuration
- not applicable
- Tape width
- not applicable
Subject
- Audiobooks
- Audiobooks
- Diplomatic relations
- Downloadable audio books
- HISTORY / Military / World War II
- Hawaii
- History
- Japan
- Japan -- Foreign relations -- United States
- Military intelligence
- Military intelligence -- United States -- History -- 20th century
- Pearl Harbor (Hawaii), Attack on, 1941
- Pearl Harbor, Attack on (Hawaii : 1941)
- Politics and government
- 1900-1999
- United States -- Foreign relations -- Japan
- United States -- Politics and government -- 1933-1945
- United States, Navy
- United States, Navy -- Officers | History -- 20th century
- War -- Causes
- World War (1939-1945)
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Causes
- World War, 1939-1945 -- United States
- United States
- Armed Forces -- Officers
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