num_pages: 544
description: On the seventy-fifth anniversary the authors of Pulitzer Prize finalist The Eleventh Day unravel the mysteries of Pearl Harbor to expose the scapegoating of the admiral who was in command the day 2000 Americans died report on the continuing struggle to restore his lost honorand clear President Franklin D. Roosevelt of the charge that he knew the attack was coming. The 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 dutypublicly disgraced. But 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. Following the Admirals death his sonsboth Navy veteransfought on to clear his name. Now that they in turn are dead Kimmels grandsons continue the struggle. For them 2016 is a pivotal year. With unprecedented access to documents diaries and letters and the familys cooperation Summers and Swans search for the truth has taken them far beyond the Kimmel storyto explore claims of duplicity and betrayal in high places in Washington. A Matter of Honor 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. The book includes forty black-and-white photos throughout the text.
language: English
title: A Matter of Honor: Pearl Harbor: Betrayal, Blame, and a Family's Quest for Justice
publisher: Harper