Target : : Pearl Harbor / / Michael Slackman.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter University of Hawaii Press Archive eBook-Package Pre-2000
• VerfasserIn: Slackman, Michael,
• Place / Publishing House: Honolulu : : University of Hawaii Press, , [2023]; ©1990
• Year of Publication: 2023
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (368 p.)

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.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- I. SETTING THE STAGE FOR DISASTER -- 1. CHALLENGE AND RESPONSE -- 2 YAMAMOTO'S MASTER PLAN -- 3 "NO CREDENCE IN THESE RUMORS" -- 4 THE ORANGE RACE -- 5 A CLASSIC MISUNDERSTANDING -- II. THE ATTACK ON BATTLESHIP ROW -- 6 THE APPROACH -- 7 AN UNOBSTRUCTED RUN -- 8 THE TORPEDO ATTACK -- 9 THE BOMB ATTACK -- 10 THE END OF ARIZONA -- III. THE AIR BATTLES -- 11. MACHINE GUNS ON WORKBENCHES -- 12 AGAINST THE ODDS -- 13 A "PRACTICALLY PERFECT" ATTACK -- IV MORE HAVOC AT PEARL -- 14 "CAPTAIN THEY'RE HERE!" -- 15 A BATTLESHIP ADMIRAL'S NOTICE -- 16 TENDING THE WOUNDED -- V THE AFTERMATH -- 17 RETURN FLIGHT -- 18 WHAT NEXT? -- 19 STRANDED -- 20 ASSESSING LOSSES AND DAMAGE -- VI AMERICA REACTS -- 21 GIRDING FOR INVASION -- 22 A QUESTION OF LOYALTY -- 23 OPERATION K -- 24 SALVAGE AND REPAIR -- 25 REACTIONS AND REFLECTIONS -- CHRONOLOGY -- Appendixes -- APPENDIXA A Note on Sources and Revisionism -- APPENDIX B Japanese Ships in the Pearl Harbor Attack -- APPENDIX C U.S. Navy Vessels In or Near Pearl Harbor on December 7,1941 -- APPENDIX D Losses in the Pearl Harbor Attack -- APPENDIX E Navy War Warning on November 27,1941 -- APPENDIX F Army War Warnings on November 27 and December 7, 1941, and Short's Reply -- APPENDIX G President Roosevelt's Address to Congress on December 8,1941 -- NOTES -- SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY -- INDEX -- ABOUT THE AUTHOR