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The Mantle of Command

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by Nigel Hamilton


  defeatist attitude, [>]–[>], [>]–[>], [>]–[>], [>]

  FDR interviews, [>]–[>]

  on Japanese character and preparedness, [>]–[>], [>], [>]

  on Japanese military adaptability, [>]

  on MacArthur, [>]–[>], [>], [>]

  and needs of modern warfare, [>]–[>], [>]–[>]

  Wavell and, [>], [>]

  Harwood, Sir Henry (admiral), [>]–[>]

  Hassett, William, [>], [>], [>], [>], [>]–[>], [>], [>], [>]

  Helfrich, Conrad (admiral): at Battle of Java Sea (1942), [>], [>]–[>]

  Hewitt, H. Kent (admiral): and North Africa landings (1942), [>]–[>], [>]

  Higgins, Andrew, [>]

  Higgins Industries (New Orleans), [>]

  Hirohito, [>], [>], [>], [>]

  Hiryu (aircraft carrier): sinking of, [>]

  Hitler, Adolf, [>], [>], [>], [>], [>]

  Anne Lindbergh on, [>]–[>]

  on Churchill, [>], [>]

  and declaration of war on U.S., [>]–[>]

  and Dieppe raid (1942), [>]–[>]

  and El Alamein, [>]

  and extermination of Jews, [>], [>], [>]

  forbids Rommel to retreat, [>]

  ignorance of North Africa landings (1942), [>]–[>], [>], [>], [>], [>]

  personal attack on FDR, [>]–[>], [>]

  and proposed Allied landing in France (1942), [>], [>]–[>], [>]–[>]

  and proposed North Africa landings, [>]

  reaction to North Africa landings (1942), [>]–[>]

  reaction to Pearl Harbor attack, [>]–[>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>]

  and Second Front strategy, [>], [>]

  on Stalin, [>]

  use of bunker, [>], [>]

  use of propaganda, [>]

  war strategy, [>]–[>]

  Hollis, Jo (brigadier), [>]

  Holocaust, [>]–[>]

  Homma, Masaharu (general), [>]

  Hong Kong: Japan attacks, [>], [>], [>]–[>], [>]–[>]

  Hooker, Harry, [>]

  Hoover, Herbert, [>], [>], [>]

  Hoover, J. Edgar, [>], [>]

  Hopkins, Harry, [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>]–[>], [>], [>], [>], [>]

  character and personality, [>]–[>], [>]

  and Churchill, [>]–[>], [>]–[>], [>]

  and declaration of war, [>], [>], [>]

  on FDR, [>]

  on isolationism, [>]

  in London, [>]–[>], [>]

  meets with Stalin, [>], [>]–[>], [>]

  and North Africa landings (1942), [>], [>]

  and Pearl Harbor attack, [>], [>]–[>], [>]–[>], [>]–[>]

  at Placentia Bay summit meeting, [>]–[>], [>]–[>], [>]–[>], [>], [>]

  and proposed North Africa landings, [>]–[>], [>], [>], [>], [>]

  and war planning, [>], [>], [>], [>]

  Howard, Roy, [>]

  Hu Shih (ambassador), [>]–[>]

  Hull, Cordell, [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>]–[>]

  and declaration of war, [>], [>], [>]

  and North Africa landings (1942), [>]

  and Pearl Harbor attack, [>]

  presses for Supreme Allied War Council, [>], [>]

  reaction to Pearl Harbor attack, [>], [>], [>], [>]

  and war planning, [>]–[>], [>]

  Hyde Park: Churchill at, [>], [>]–[>], [>]–[>], [>]

  FDR at, [>]–[>], [>], [>], [>]–[>], [>], [>]–[>], [>]–[>], [>]

  Ickes, Harold, [>]

  imperialism, British. See British Empire

  India: Amery attempts to wreck negotiations with, [>], [>], [>], [>]

  anti-British sentiment in, [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>]–[>], [>]–[>]

  Attlee and, [>], [>]

  Churchill attempts to wreck negotiations with, [>], [>]–[>], [>]–[>], [>]–[>], [>]–[>], [>]–[>], [>]–[>], [>]

  Churchill concedes Dominion status for, [>]–[>], [>]

  Churchill suppresses protests in, [>], [>]

  Churchill’s bias against, [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>]–[>], [>], [>]–[>], [>]–[>], [>]–[>], [>]–[>], [>]

  Cripps’s mission to, [>]–[>], [>]–[>], [>]–[>], [>]–[>], [>], [>]–[>], [>], [>]–[>], [>]

  FDR presses for self-government in, [>]–[>], [>]–[>], [>]–[>], [>], [>]–[>], [>]–[>], [>]–[>], [>], [>], [>]–[>]

  Halifax attempts to wreck negotiations with, [>]

  Japan threatens, [>], [>]–[>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>]

  Linlithgow and, [>]–[>], [>]–[>], [>]–[>], [>]

  Long on, [>]–[>]

  Louis Johnson and, [>]–[>], [>], [>]–[>], [>]–[>], [>]–[>], [>]–[>]

  Mackenzie King on, [>]

  and Singapore, [>]–[>], [>]

  U.S. and defense of, [>], [>], [>], [>]

  Wavell and, [>], [>], [>], [>]

  Indian Congress Party, [>], [>], [>], [>]

  Indian National Army (INA), [>]

  Indian Ocean: Japanese Navy in, [>]–[>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>]–[>], [>]

  Royal Navy abandons, [>], [>], [>]

  Inoue, Shigeyoshi (admiral), [>]

  International Student Assembly: FDR addresses, [>]–[>]

  Ismay, Hastings (general), [>], [>], [>]

  on Churchill, [>]

  isolationism: FDR rejects, [>]–[>]

  in Great Britain, [>]

  Hiram Johnson and, [>], [>]–[>], [>]

  Hopkins on, [>]

  Kennedy and, [>], [>]

  Lindbergh and, [>], [>], [>], [>]

  McCormick and, [>]

  in U.S., [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>]–[>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>]

  Wheeler and, [>], [>]

  Italy: Allies threaten, [>]

  in North Africa, [>]

  and North Africa landings (1942), [>], [>]

  pressured by Germany, [>]

  U.S. declares war on, [>]–[>]

  Jacob, Ian (colonel), [>]–[>]

  on Churchill, [>]–[>], [>], [>]

  on FDR, [>]–[>]

  on FDR’s war strategy, [>]

  on first Anglo-American staff conference, [>]–[>]

  at Placentia Bay summit meeting, [>], [>], [>], [>]

  reaction to American wealth, [>]–[>]

  on unity of command, [>]

  Japan: air raid on Darwin, Australia, [>]

  atrocities by military forces, [>], [>]

  attacks Guam, [>], [>], [>]

  attacks Hong Kong, [>], [>], [>]–[>], [>]–[>]

  attacks Midway, [>], [>]

  attacks Pearl Harbor, [>], [>], [>]

  attacks Philippines, [>], [>], [>]–[>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>]–[>], [>]–[>], [>]–[>], [>]

  attacks Singapore, [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>]–[>]

  attacks Wake Island, [>], [>]

  avoids war with Soviet Union, [>], [>], [>], [>], [>]

  Doolittle Raid’s effect on war planning in, [>]–[>], [>]–[>]

  Doolittle Raid’s psychological effects on, [>], [>]–[>]

  FDR refuses to preemptively attack, [>]–[>]

  FDR sends plea for peace to, [>]–[>]

  FDR’s policy toward, [>], [>]–[>], [>]–[>], [>], [>]

  Hart on character and preparedness of, [>]–[>], [>], [>]

  Hart on military adaptability in, [>]

  invades Malaya, [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>]

  invades Netherlands East Indies, [>], [>], [>]

  invades Southeast Asia, [>]–[>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>]

  MacArthur proposes negotiating with, [>]–[>], [>]

  Philippines resists invasion by, [>], [>]–[>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>]

  relationship with Germany, [>], [>], [>]–[>]

  shells California, [>]

  terminates “peace” negotiations with U.S., [>]–[>], [>]

  threatens Alaska, [>], [>], [>], [>]

  threatens Australia and New Zealand, [>],
[>], [>], [>], [>], [>]–[>], [>]–[>], [>]–[>]

  threatens Ceylon, [>], [>], [>], [>]–[>], [>]

  threatens India, [>], [>]–[>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>]

  threatens mainland U.S., [>], [>]

  and unity of command, [>]

  U.S. declares war on, [>]–[>], [>], [>]

  use of propaganda, [>]

  war with China, [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>]–[>]

  war production, [>], [>]

  war strategy, [>]–[>], [>], [>], [>]–[>], [>], [>]–[>], [>]–[>], [>], [>]

  “Japan First” strategy, [>]–[>], [>]–[>], [>]–[>], [>], [>]–[>], [>]–[>], [>]

  FDR responds to, [>], [>]–[>], [>]–[>], [>], [>]

  Joint Chiefs of Staff and, [>]–[>], [>]–[>], [>]

  Japanese Americans: FDR and internment of, [>], [>], [>], [>]–[>], [>]–[>]

  Japanese Imperial Navy: Army Air Forces compared to, [>]–[>]

  decimates Royal Navy, [>], [>]–[>], [>], [>], [>]

  defeated in Battle of Midway (1942), [>]–[>], [>]–[>], [>], [>], [>]

  in Indian Ocean, [>]–[>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>]–[>], [>]

  Nimitz and, [>]–[>]

  in Pearl Harbor attack, [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>]

  use of air power, [>]–[>]

  Java Sea, Battle of (1942): Helfrich at, [>], [>]–[>]

  Jews: Hitler and extermination of, [>], [>], [>]

  Laval and extermination of, [>], [>]

  Jinnah, Mohammed, [>]

  Johnson, Hiram (senator): as isolationist, [>], [>]–[>], [>]

  Johnson, Louis (colonel): on Great Britain, [>]

  and India, [>]–[>], [>], [>]–[>], [>]–[>], [>]–[>], [>]–[>]

  Jones, W. R., [>]–[>]

  Juin, Alphonse (general), [>]

  Juliana, Princess, [>]–[>], [>]–[>]

  Kaiser, Henry, [>], [>]

  Kaiser shipyard (Oregon), [>]–[>]

  Kennedy, Joseph P. (ambassador): as isolationist, [>], [>]

  Kenney, George (general): on MacArthur, [>]

  Kimmel, Husband (admiral), [>]

  and Pearl Harbor attack, [>]–[>], [>], [>]–[>], [>]

  King, Ernest (admiral), [>], [>]–[>], [>], [>]–[>], [>], [>]–[>], [>]–[>], [>], [>], [>]–[>], [>]

  and Battle of Midway (1942), [>]–[>]

  on Combined Chiefs of Staff, [>]

  criticizes British Army, [>]

  and Doolittle Raid (1942), [>]–[>], [>]

  and “Japan First” strategy, [>]–[>], [>], [>]–[>], [>], [>]

  and North Africa landings (1942), [>], [>], [>], [>]

  opposes proposed North Africa landings, [>], [>], [>], [>]–[>], [>]–[>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>]

  at Placentia Bay summit meeting, [>], [>]–[>], [>]–[>], [>], [>]

  and proposed landing in France, [>], [>], [>], [>]

  and war planning, [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>]

  and Yamamoto, [>]

  Knox, Frank, [>], [>]–[>], [>], [>], [>], [>]

  and Pearl Harbor attack, [>], [>], [>], [>]–[>]

  and proposed landing in France, [>]–[>]

  and proposed North Africa landings, [>]

  and War Department mutiny, [>]

  and war planning, [>], [>], [>], [>]

  Knudsen, William, [>]

  Kurusu, Saburo (ambassador), [>], [>], [>]

  La Guardia, Fiorello, [>]

  Lake Pend Oreille (Idaho), [>]

  Landon, Alfred M., [>]

  Laval, Pierre: and extermination of Jews, [>], [>]

  as premier of Vichy France, [>], [>], [>]–[>]

  Leahy, William (admiral): as ambassador to Vichy France, [>], [>], [>]–[>], [>], [>]

  as chairman of Combined Chiefs of Staff, [>]–[>], [>], [>]

  as FDR’s chief of staff, [>], [>], [>], [>]

  and Joint Chiefs of Staff, [>]–[>], [>]

  and North Africa landings (1942), [>], [>]–[>], [>]–[>], [>], [>]–[>], [>], [>]

  and proposed North Africa landings, [>]–[>], [>], [>], [>]–[>]

  and Stimson, [>]–[>], [>]–[>]

  LeHand, Marguerite, [>]

  Lend-Lease Act (1941), [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>]–[>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>]

  Lexington (aircraft carrier): sinking of, [>]

  Lidell, Alvar, [>]

  Lincoln, Abraham, [>], [>], [>]

  Lindbergh, Anne Morrow: on Hitler, [>]–[>]

  Lindbergh, Charles: FDR and, [>]–[>]

  as pro-Nazi isolationist, [>], [>], [>], [>]–[>], [>], [>]

  requests military commission, [>]–[>]

  Linlithgow, Lord: despises U.S., [>]

  and India, [>]–[>], [>]–[>], [>]–[>], [>]

  as racist, [>]

  Long, Breckinridge: on India, [>]–[>]

  on surrender of Tobruk, [>]–[>]

  on U.S. military isolation, [>]

  Lovett, Robert A., [>]

  Luftwaffe. See Germany: use of air power

  MacArthur, Douglas (general), [>], [>], [>], [>]

  appointed Far East commander, [>]

  in Australia, [>], [>], [>]

  and Bonus March, [>]

  character and personality, [>], [>]–[>], [>], [>]–[>], [>], [>]

  Eisenhower and, [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>]–[>]

  evacuation of, [>]

  FDR on, [>], [>], [>], [>]

  Goebbels on, [>]

  Hart on, [>]–[>], [>], [>]

  impossible demands by, [>]–[>], [>], [>]–[>]

  and “Japan First” strategy, [>]

  Kenney on, [>]

  lack of war preparations, [>], [>]–[>], [>], [>], [>], [>]

  Marshall and, [>], [>], [>], [>], [>]–[>], [>]–[>], [>], [>], [>], [>]

  and military budget cuts, [>]–[>]

  military failures in Philippines, [>], [>], [>], [>]–[>], [>], [>], [>]–[>], [>]–[>], [>], [>], [>]

  misinforms Quezon, [>], [>], [>], [>]

  and Pearl Harbor attack, [>]

  as politician, [>]

  proposed as “commander in chief,” [>]–[>], [>], [>]–[>]

  proposes negotiating with Japan, [>]–[>], [>]

  public adulation for, [>]–[>], [>], [>], [>]

  refuses to accept orders, [>], [>], [>]–[>], [>]

  refuses unity of command, [>]–[>]

  relationship with FDR, [>], [>]–[>], [>]–[>]

  in retirement, [>]

  sanity questioned, [>], [>], [>], [>]

  soldiers’ opinion of, [>]–[>]

  Stimson and, [>]–[>], [>]

  strategic pronouncements, [>]–[>], [>]–[>], [>], [>], [>]–[>], [>]

  as supreme theater commander, [>]–[>]

  takes bribe from Quezon, [>]–[>], [>], [>]

  untruthful reports by, [>]–[>], [>]

  use of propaganda, [>]–[>]

  Mackenzie King, William, [>], [>], [>]–[>], [>]

  on British global decline, [>]–[>]

  on Churchill, [>]–[>]

  on Dieppe raid (1942), [>]–[>], [>]–[>]

  and Dutch royal family, [>]–[>]

  and FDR, [>], [>], [>]–[>], [>]–[>], [>]–[>], [>]–[>], [>], [>]–[>]

  on India, [>]

  and North Africa landings, [>], [>]

  opposes Second Front strategy, [>]–[>], [>], [>]–[>]

  and war planning, [>]–[>]

  Madagascar: Vichy France defends, [>]

  “Magic” (decryption of “Purple” code). See also “Purple” (Japanese code)

  FDR’s use of, [>], [>], [>], [>]

  Nimitz’s use of, [>], [>], [>]–[>]

  and Pearl Harbor attack, [>]–[>], [>], [>]–[>], [>], [>

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