{"product_id":"a-matter-of-honor-pearl-harbor-betrayal-blame-and-a-familys-quest-for-justice-9780062405524","title":"A Matter of Honor: Pearl Harbor: Betrayal, Blame, and a Family's Quest for Justice","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eOn the seventy-fifth anniversary, the authors of Pulitzer Prize finalist \u003cem\u003eThe Eleventh Day\u003c\/em\u003e unravel the mysteries of Pearl Harbor to expose the scapegoating of the admiral who was in command the day 2,000 Americans died, report on the continuing struggle to restore his lost honor--and clear President Franklin D. Roosevelt of the charge that he knew the attack was coming.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Japanese onslaught on Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941 devastated Americans and precipitated entry into World War II. In the aftermath, Admiral Husband Kimmel, Commander-in-Chief of the Pacific Fleet, was relieved of command, accused of negligence and dereliction of duty--publicly disgraced.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut the Admiral defended his actions through eight investigations and for the rest of his long life. The evidence against him was less than solid. High military and political officials had failed to provide Kimmel and his Army counterpart with vital intelligence. Later, to hide the biggest U.S. intelligence secret of the day, they covered it up.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFollowing the Admiral's death, his sons--both Navy veterans--fought on to clear his name. Now that they in turn are dead, Kimmel's grandsons continue the struggle. For them, 2016 is a pivotal year.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith unprecedented access to documents, diaries and letters, and the family's cooperation, Summers' and Swan's search for the truth has taken them far beyond the Kimmel story--to explore claims of duplicity and betrayal in high places in Washington.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eA Matter of Honor\u003c\/em\u003e is a provocative story of politics and war, of a man willing to sacrifice himself for his country only to be sacrificed himself. Revelatory and definitive, it is an invaluable contribution to our understanding of this pivotal event.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe book includes forty black-and-white photos throughout the text.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eSummers, Anthony:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - Anthony Summers\u003cstrong\u003e \u003c\/strong\u003eis the author of nine acclaimed nonfiction books. \u003cem\u003eThe Eleventh Day\u003c\/em\u003e, on the 9\/11 attacks, was a Finalist for the 2012 Pulitzer Prize for History and won the Golden Dagger -- the Crime Writers' Association's top non-fiction award. He is the only author to have won the award twice. Educated at Oxford University, Summers traveled worldwide for the BBC, becoming a deputy editor of the flagship program \"Panorama\". His books on President Nixon, FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover, the Kennedy assassination, and Marilyn Monroe have been the basis for major television documentaries The feature film \u003cem\u003eScandal, \u003c\/em\u003e starring John Hurt, was based on Summers' book on the Profumo sex\/espionage scandal.\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eSwan, Robbyn:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \"\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA MATTER OF HONOR \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003eis\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003e \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eRobbyn Swan's \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003efifth book. With Summers, she \u003c\/em\u003ewas a Pulitzer Prize Finalist for \u003cem\u003eThe Eleventh Day\u003c\/em\u003e, and won the Golden Dagger award. Swan has explored many of the seminal events of the past century - from the rise of the American Mafia, to the Kennedy assassination, to Watergate, to the 9\/11 attacks. A graduate of Smith College, she early on worked as a researcher for John Le Carré. She has written for \u003cem\u003eSalon\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eNational\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cem\u003eJournal\u003c\/em\u003e, the UK's \u003cem\u003eDaily Telegraph, Observer, \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003e I\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003endependent, \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003e \u003c\/em\u003eand \u003cem\u003eThe\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003e Irish Times.\u003c\/em\u003e She has contributed to documentaries for PBS, A\u0026amp;E, History Channel, CNN, and the BBC. 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