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Drez, an author, historian, and lecturer, tells the story of how General William Mitchell predicted the attack on Pearl Harbor and the war with Japan years before it occurred. He describes American attempts to enter Japan in the 1800s, Homer Lea’s predictions of war with Japan in the early 1900s, Mitchell’s experiences in World War I and afterwards, key events leading up to Pearl Harbor, Mitchell’s inspection of Hawaii, his travels to Japan, his report criticizing Pacific readiness, his subsequent court-martial, his trial and dismissal from service, and the Pearl Harbor attack. Annotation ©2017 Ringgold, Inc., Portland, OR (protoview.com)
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The signs were there, but only he saw them. From Commodore Matthew Perry’s 1853 voyage into Japanese waters to the 1941 attack on Pearl Harbor, the United States and Japan were on a collision course. Gen. Billy Mitchell recognized the signs and foresaw the eventual showdown between the two nations—eighteen years before the tragedy of Pearl Harbor. Yet his predictions were dismissed out of hand. Mitchell’s attempts to have his theories taken seriously led to scorn and a subsequent court martialing. Primary-source documents, memoirs, and firsthand testimonies deliver an exhaustive background to Mitchell’s prescient reports. Now, historian Ronald J. Drez finally gives credence to the man called the “Cassandra General.”
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