John Turner

“All I propose is an attack that will paralyze the Americans, for perhaps six months. This attack is not about victory, about winning a war...It is about delaying them, keeping them back, damaging their military might and pride.
-Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto”
― Jeff Shaara, To Wake the Giant: A Novel of Pearl Harbor

“A school yard full of unruly school children in which children don't always understand the consequences of what they do.
-US Secretary of State, Cordell Hull, on international relations”
― Jeff Shaara, To Wake the Giant: A Novel of Pearl Harbor

“Secrecy and deception in war is often how one wins that war. And it is my preference that we win this fight.”
― Jeff Shaara, To Wake the Giant: A Novel of Pearl Harbor

“My one fear which I expressed to the President is that by reducing the fleet in Hawaii we have sent a signal to the Japanese that we are not as prepared to meet their threats as we once were.
-Admiral Husband Kimmel, Commander US Pacific Fleet”
― Jeff Shaara, To Wake the Giant: A Novel of Pearl Harbor