Day of Lightning, Years of Scorn Walter C. Short and the Attack on Pearl Harbor |
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| Author:
| Anderson, Charles R. |
| Series title: | Association of the United States Army Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-1-59114-005-4 |
| Publication Date: | Sep 2011 |
| Publisher: | Naval Institute Press
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $21.95 |
Book Description:
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Walter C. Short is remembered as the U.S. Army general who parked his airplanes wingtip-to-wingtip making them easy targets for Japanese pilots. In this long overdue first biography of Short, the general emerges as an honorable man who made some errors. Charles Anderson's balanced portrayal acknowledges that Short bore responsibility for certain charges made against him, but it also provides ample evidence that Short's superiors worked hard to blame him.
Walter C. Short is remembered as the U.S. Army general who parked his airplanes wingtip-to-wingtip making them easy targets for Japanese pilots. In this long overdue first biography of Short, the general emerges as an honorable man who made some errors. Charles Anderson's balanced portrayal acknowledges that Short bore responsibility for certain charges made against him, but it also provides ample evidence that Short's superiors worked hard to blame him.