Startled by the bombing of Pearl Harbor, goes the mythology, Uncle Sam laid down spanner and spade and rolled up sleeves to defeat Japan and Germany. In fact says Gole, a retired US Army colonel turned historian, the US was not totally unprepared for global war. He reconstructs the thinking and plans from course material that was used at the US Army War College and lost until recently. Annotation (c) Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
