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4. THE STORM BREAKS
Chennault and Chiang; Panay incident; crisis in Europe; FDR assists
Churchill;
weakness in the Pacific.
5. NOT ENOUGH NAVY TO GO AROUND
War plans; defense shortages; FDR vs. admirals and generals; reinforcing
Hawaii;
plans for enemy aliens; Philippine dilemmas; FDR embraces Chiang.
6. TAKING THE PLUNGE
Negotiations with Japan fail; MacArthur re-emerges;
reinforcing the doomed Philippines; B-17s to Far East
7. THE GODDAM MOUSETRAP
Surprise at Pearl; laxity in Oahu and Washington; Fifth Column bogey;
indecision in Manila.
8. INITIAL SHOCKS
FDR's despondency; Corregidor and Bataan; FDR and Frank Knox
blame Japanese Americans; Stilwell and Doolittle missions.
9. FDR AND THE MYTHS OF SUBVERSION
Legacy of Black Tom; FDR's sabotage bugaboo; insistence on internment
in U.S.
and military government in Hawaii.
10. CHINA HAND
Flawed China policies, Chiang vs. Stilwell; B-29 fiasco; Communists
in China;Yalta.
11. SUNSET
Dying president; warlord; FDR and the UN; Manhattan District; Yalta
and Suez.
12. NOTES