In his book, And I Was There: Pearl Harbor and Midway—Breaking the Secrets (1985), Layton maintained that Stark offered meaningless advice throughout the period, withheld vital information at the insistence of his Director of War Plans, Admiral Turner, showed timidity in dealing with the Japanese, and utterly failed to provide anything of use to Kimmel.
I sin bog: And I Was There: Pearl Harbor and Midway—Breaking the Secrets (1985), fastholdt Layton at Stark gav meningsløse råd i denne periode, tilbageholdt afgørende information efter krav fra sin direktør for krigsplanlægning, admiral Turner, viste frygt i håndteringen af japanerne og undlod at levere noget som helst, der kunne bruges af Kimmel.