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Target: Pearl Harbor

Language: English
Published/Copyright: 1990

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Target: Pearl Harbor takes a fresh look at the air raid that plunged America into World War II by scrutinizing the decisions and attitudes that prompted the attack and left the United States unprepared to mount a successful defense. The core of the book concerns the events of December 7, 1941, as seen through the eyes of participants, both American and Japanese, military and civilian. The author's use of contemporary documents and interviews with survivors has enabled him to present a vivid and evocative picture of that day.

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    Frontmatter

    I
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    CONTENTS

    V
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    PREFACE

    VII
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  • I. SETTING THE STAGE FOR DISASTER
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    1. CHALLENGE AND RESPONSE

    3
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    2 YAMAMOTO'S MASTER PLAN

    17
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    3 "NO CREDENCE IN THESE RUMORS"

    24
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    4 THE ORANGE RACE

    34
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    5 A CLASSIC MISUNDERSTANDING

    53
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  • II. THE ATTACK ON BATTLESHIP ROW
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    6 THE APPROACH

    69
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    7 AN UNOBSTRUCTED RUN

    76
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    8 THE TORPEDO ATTACK

    99
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    9 THE BOMB ATTACK

    107
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    10 THE END OF ARIZONA

    112
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  • III. THE AIR BATTLES
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    11. MACHINE GUNS ON WORKBENCHES

    125
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    12 AGAINST THE ODDS

    135
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    13 A "PRACTICALLY PERFECT" ATTACK

    146
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  • IV MORE HAVOC AT PEARL
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    14 "CAPTAIN THEY'RE HERE!"

    155
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    15 A BATTLESHIP ADMIRAL'S NOTICE

    168
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    16 TENDING THE WOUNDED

    180
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  • V THE AFTERMATH
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    17 RETURN FLIGHT

    191
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    18 WHAT NEXT?

    200
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    19 STRANDED

    225
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    20 ASSESSING LOSSES AND DAMAGE

    233
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  • VI AMERICA REACTS
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    21 GIRDING FOR INVASION

    241
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    22 A QUESTION OF LOYALTY

    249
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    23 OPERATION K

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    24 SALVAGE AND REPAIR

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    25 REACTIONS AND REFLECTIONS

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    CHRONOLOGY

    285
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  • Appendixes
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    APPENDIXA A Note on Sources and Revisionism

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    APPENDIX B Japanese Ships in the Pearl Harbor Attack

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    APPENDIX C U.S. Navy Vessels In or Near Pearl Harbor on December 7,1941

    306
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    APPENDIX D Losses in the Pearl Harbor Attack

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    APPENDIX E Navy War Warning on November 27,1941

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    APPENDIX F Army War Warnings on November 27 and December 7, 1941, and Short's Reply

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    APPENDIX G President Roosevelt's Address to Congress on December 8,1941

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    NOTES

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    SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY

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    INDEX

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    ABOUT THE AUTHOR

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