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There are several different points that the author makes in this book but his main thesis is that admiral kimmel commanderin chief of the united states pacific fleet was denied valuable information which in his mind could have prevented or in the least alerted the u

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Forces to the impending japanese attack

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For instance admiral richmond kelly turner chief of the war plans division believed that kimmel had in his possession a purple machine which could decipher the japanese diplomatic code and that kimmel was reading all of the information that washington was receiving

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The purple machine that was supposed to go to pearl harbor was instead sent to the british

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No clear war warning message was sent to kimmel by washington and on the day of the attack marshall was out horseback riding and did not arrive in his office until approximately an hour before the attack began

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Kimmel received this message about an hour after the attack began

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Still no alert was issued

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Admiral kimmel is the focus of the book and much of it is spent detailing what intelligence and resources were available to cinpac and what other tasks interfered with the defense of the fleet and base like training pby crews that were then shipped off to the atlantic fleet