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Pearl Harbor: The Verdict of History

Pearl Harbor: The Verdict of History

Gordon Prange

In this incomparable volume, Pearl Harbor experts Gordon W. Prange, Donald M. Goldstein, and Katherine V. Dillon tackle dozens of thorny issues in an attempt to determine who was at fault for one of the most shocking military disasters in ...
At Dawn We Slept: The Untold Story of Pearl Harbor

At Dawn We Slept: The Untold Story of Pearl Harbor

Gordon William Prange

Records the planning and execution of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, and looks at what it reveals about American leadership
Hitler Attacks Pearl Harbor: Why the United States Declared ...

Hitler Attacks Pearl Harbor: Why the United States Declared ...

Richard F. Hill

Thurston Clarke, Pearl Harbor Ghosts: A Journey to Hawaii, Then and Now (New York: William Morrow, 1991), p. 226; New York World-Telegram, December 10, 1941, p. 10; San Francisco Examiner, December 10, 1941, p. 9; Gordon Prange,  ...
The Royal Arsenal: Its Background, Origin, and Subsequent ...

The Royal Arsenal: Its Background, Origin, and Subsequent ...

Oliver Frederick Gillilan Hogg

1 86 1 Captain Henry William Gordon Principal Superintendent of Stores 1. 4.1861-31.12.1869 Captain Henry William Gordon Controller 1. 1. 1 870-3 1. 1. 1 876 Captain Henry William Gordon Commissaries-General 1. 2.1876-11. 3.1879 Sir ...
Gordon: The Sudan and Slavery

Gordon: The Sudan and Slavery

Pierre Crabitès

1 Events in the Life of Charles George Gordon from its Beginning to its End, by Henry William Gordon; London, Kegan Paul, Trench & Co., 1886, p. 103. 2 Ibid., p. 103. 1 Letters of General Gordon to his Sister, M. A. Gordon; London, Macmillan ...
Miracle at Midway

Miracle at Midway

Gordon Prange

The inside story of the historic battle that turned the tide in the war for the Pacific Six months after Pearl Harbor, the seemingly invincible Imperial Japanese Navy prepared a decisive blow against the United States.
Charles George Gordon

Charles George Gordon

Lt.-General Sir William F. Butler

Major-General Charles George Gordon, was known under many titles, Gordon Pasha, Chinese Gordon and Gordon of Khartoum; all of which stem from his long and distinguished service around the world in the British Army.
Nationalism and Imperialism in South and Southeast Asia: ...

Nationalism and Imperialism in South and Southeast Asia: ...

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The authority for this period of Gordon's life is Henry William Gordon, Events in the Life of Charles George Gordon, pp. 145-237. 69. See Gordon to Ripon, 5 and 6 June 1880, BL Add. MSS 43626, ff. 103-106b; Gordon to Ripon, 20 August ...
December 7, 1941: The Day the Japanese Attacked Pearl Harbor

December 7, 1941: The Day the Japanese Attacked Pearl Harbor

Gordon Prange

Built around eyewitness accounts, this book provides an unprecedented glimpse of how it felt to be at Pearl Harbor on the day that would live in infamy.
Target Tokyo: The Story of the Sorge Spy Ring

Target Tokyo: The Story of the Sorge Spy Ring

Gordon Prange

The first definitive account of one of the most remarkable espionage sagas of World War II, Target Tokyo is a tightly wound portrayal of a man who risked his life for his country, hiding in plain sight.
Pearl Harbor: Failure of Intelligence?

Pearl Harbor: Failure of Intelligence?

Lt.-Col. Robert F. Piacine

{99} Gordon Prange, Donald M. Goldstein, Katherine V. Dillon, At Dawn We Slept (New York, NY: Penguin Books, 1991), 461-463, 410. {100}Additional information is available for interested readers in the United States Senate and House of ...
Countdown to Pearl Harbor: The Twelve Days to the Attack

Countdown to Pearl Harbor: The Twelve Days to the Attack

Steve Twomey

“There have not been many generals”: Japanese Times and Advertiser, November 28, 1941, papers of Gordon Prange, series V, box 52, folder 19, Japanese Press Translated, November 1941, Hornbake Library, University of Maryland.
Surprise Attack: From Pearl Harbor to 9/11 to Benghazi

Surprise Attack: From Pearl Harbor to 9/11 to Benghazi

Larry Hancock

Qtd. in Gordon Prange, At Dawn We Slept: The Untold Story of Pearl Harbor ( New York: McGrawHill, 1981), 45. 2. John Prados, Combined Fleet Decoded: The Secret History of American Intelligence and the Japanese Navy in WWII ( New ...
General Gordon, the hero of China and the Soudan

General Gordon, the hero of China and the Soudan

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... the young artillery officer, Henry William Gordon, was near Blackheath, and in that pleasant place laid successful siege to the heart of Elizabeth Enderby, the daughter of a wealthy merchant and shipowner residing there. She, like Gordon ...
Irish Famine Immigrants in the State of Vermont: Gravestone ...

Irish Famine Immigrants in the State of Vermont: Gravestone ...

Ronald Chase Murphy

Michael MURPHY Bridget MURPHY Patrick DALEY Catherine DAILY Oliver GORDON Kate GORDON Oliver GORDON Lydia FULLER Gordon James MULLEN Virginia MONAG Mullen William STANTON Katherine CUSACK Stanton Elizabeth ...
Catalog of Copyright Entries. Third Series: 1954: July-December

Catalog of Copyright Entries. Third Series: 1954: July-December

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GORDON, CHARLOTTE ANN. ... GORDON, MELVIN J., N. G. STONE AND S. Z. GORDON d.b.a. MANCHESTER HOSIERY MILLS. ... 182 p. © Sarah Gordon; 25Dec 55; A15060l. GORDON, SHERMAN M. Hypnotising for entertainment. 20 l.
Scottish family histories held in Scottish libraries

Scottish family histories held in Scottish libraries

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[By Henry William Gordon, contin. by Sir Henry William Gordon.] Edinburgh, 1895 . Ab. U. Gordons who were parish ministers. n.p., n.d. (Typescript.) Edin. P. Green (James): The History of Scotland: from the death of Queen Margaret ... to the ...
Events in the Life of Charles George Gordon: From Its ...

Events in the Life of Charles George Gordon: From Its ...

Henry William Gordon

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.
William Fitzhugh Gordon, a Virginian of the Old School

William Fitzhugh Gordon, a Virginian of the Old School

Armistead Churchill Gordon

We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.
Library of Congress Name Headings with References

Library of Congress Name Headings with References

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... x Ghūrdīn Bāshā (006) ONC MC NUCNE NPP retro DLC n 50-35236 Gordon, Chinese see Gordon, Charles George, 1833-1885. Gordon, D. J. al sce also Gordon, Donald James. Gordon, D. J. (Donald James) Sce Gordon, Donald James.
Letters of General C. G. Gordon, to His Sister, M. A. Gordon

Letters of General C. G. Gordon, to His Sister, M. A. Gordon

C. G. Gordon

Letters Of General C. G. Gordon, To His Sister, M. A. Gordon. Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive.
Eminent Victorians

Eminent Victorians

Lytton Strachey

paragraph is drawn from chapter 12 of Henry William Gordon's Events in the Life of Charles George Gordon (1886). See, for example, the chapter 12 summary: ' He lands at Jaffa and goes to Jerusalem — the Altar or Table of the Lord— The ...
The Nature of Nature: Examining the Role of Naturalism in ...

The Nature of Nature: Examining the Role of Naturalism in ...

Bruce Gordon

Examining the Role of Naturalism in Science Bruce Gordon, William Dembski ... William A. Dembski, Research Professor in Philosophy at Southwestern Seminary in Ft. Worth and Senior Fellow with Discovery Institute's Center for Science and ...
Phil Gordon's Poker Box Set: Phil Gordon's Little Black ...

Phil Gordon's Poker Box Set: Phil Gordon's Little Black ...

Phil Gordon

In three books, Phil Gordon will teach you how to handle any hand that may come your way in No Limit Texas Hold'em.
Never to be Taken Alive: A Biography of General Gordon

Never to be Taken Alive: A Biography of General Gordon

Roy MacGregor-Hastie

When Henry William Gordon was commissioned 2nd lieutenant in the Royal Artillery on 17 August 1803 he was soon to find himself in action against Scottish troops in Napoleon's armies, and there were many Scottish officers on the other side ...
Generals in Gray: Lives of the Confederate Commanders

Generals in Gray: Lives of the Confederate Commanders

Ezra J. Warner

I. Soldier, by Donald Bridgman Sanger. //. Politician, Officeholder, and Writer, by Thomas Robson Hay. Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, 1952. 158. McCABE, WILLIAM GORDON. Gordon, Armistead C. Memories and Memorials ...

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