BETRAYAL AT PEARL HARBOR - HOW CHURCHILL LURED ROOSEVELT INTO WAR.

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn. [Simultaneously published in Great Britain,in association with Summit Books,New York.] FINE/FINE. No owner inscrptn - front free endpaper removed leaving a residual stub possibly by previous owner,though there's a small red ink H142 notation to lower corner of title page and also a black felt-tip inking over of a public service library ink stamp at top of same title page,but no other ex-library(?) alpha-numerical notation or inked stamps present elsewhere,and no price-clip to dw/dj.Bright,crisp, clean,wrap-around,glossy,yellow background with thumbnail b/w photographs - portraits of Churchill and Roosevelt and a sinking/sunk US navy ship, capitalised red-lettered part-title,capitalised black-lettered sub-title and capitalised,black-lettered author names; spine/backstrip sunned/faded to white with capitalised, faded pink-lettered part title,capitalised,black-lettered author surnames and publisher's colophon also sunned/ faded to pink at foot of same, rear panel of dw/dj with black-lettered prose extract from book's Introduction. Negligible shelf-wear,bumping, creasing to edges and corners – no nicks,tears or splits present.Top edges clean, fore-edges with minimal thumbing else clean; contents bright,tight,clean,solid and sound – near pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corner tips.Publisher's bright,crisp,clean/unblemished,sharp-cornered,original plain black paper-covered boards with red cloth blind spine with bright,crisp,blocked gilt lettering to spine/ backstrip,a black silk headband,and clean remaining plain white endpapers.UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,8-302pp [paginated] includes a Contents list/table, Acknowledgements,Terms and Abbreviations used, Principal Characters,an Introduction,9 chapters,16pp contemporary b/w photographs in 1 block,between pp160/61 and b/w facsimile document(s) reproductions, illustrated Appendices (9),Notes,a 4pp Bibliography and an Index; plus [unpaginated] half-title+ title pages,an epigram (Winston Churchill,November 12th, 1940) and to the rear,a Note on the authors. Visually the exterior appearance is more than acceptable and particularly internally,is in an exceptional condition/ state of preservation and presentation,for a book of its 30+ year-old age. It is only the faults described that prevents a slightly higher grading overall.Despite them it is still an exceptional copy for its cleanliness,brightness and lack of other detracting faults. Based on dramatic revelations and firsthand information, 'Betrayal at Pearl Harbor' provides a shocking answer to one of the greatest mysteries of military history: Why was the United States so hopelessly unready for the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor? Authors James Rusbridger and Eric Nave reveal for the first time what really happened in the months leading up to the attack on Pearl Harbor. They tell how captured British Cabinet papers led the Japanese to believe that a surprise attack on Pearl Harbor could succeed. Drawing on Rusbridger's investigative reporting and Nave's personal experience, they also show how American and British intelligence battled in their efforts to break JN-25, the Japanese naval code and key to the surprise attack, which was deemed so secret that for fifty years, until the publication of this book, the governments of both the United States and the United Kingdom denied its very existence. Now, on the fiftieth anniversary of Pearl Harbor, after half a century of coverups, Rusbridger and Nave can finally reveal what secret information was available to whom-and when. Did JN-25 give Winston Churchill advance knowledge of the attack on Pearl Harbor, and if so, was Roosevelt told? Did the President know that American intelligence had also broken JN-25? Were the Japanese plans kept from Roosevelt by his own staff, and did Churchill, in a desperate scheme to drag the United States into the war, also keep vital information from him? The astonishing answers that Rusbridger and Nave provide to these troubling questions will change forever the way the history of this period is viewed. Please contact seller,for correct shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas customers - BEFORE ordering through the order page! N.B. ALL buyers please note,stocks' actual shipping/P+p costs are adjusted and any difference is refunded,after order's receipt and before the order's despatch,especially if the item(s) are offered either P+p included/FREE. ** N.B. US/Canada customers please be aware: Standard AIRMAIL postage from UK to these destinations can now cost more than the price of the book! If speed is not of the essence,then Economy rate is recommended - at approx. anything from a 1/3rd to 1/2 of the standard US AIR quote/rate - sometimes arriving sooner than the 42 days - but not always. **