"Emily S. Rosenberg considers the emergence of Pearl Harbor's symbolic role within multiple contexts: as a day of infamy that highlighted the need for future U.S. military preparedness, as an attack that opened a "back door" to U.S. involvement in World War II, as an event of na…
"This book offers the first comprehensive overview of the collapse of Allied air forces during the period between December 8 and 24, 1941. Written for a wide audience, it gives readers both a cockpit view of the desperate actions that took place and an understanding of why such …
The origin of this project was a desire to understand better when deterrence succeeds and when it fails. It concentrates on direct deterrence between a challenger and a defender (not including third parties), and on conventional deterrence (not including nuclear deterrence). The…
This study explores interactions between race, gender and citizenship focusing on how race and gender ideologies shape "common sense" understandings and public memories of the 1941 attack on Pearl Harbor and the September 11, 2001 attacks on the Pentagon and the World Trade Cent…
Defenses of Pearl Harbor and Oahu 1907-50
by Taylor, Chris, Williford, G., (Glen), McGovern, Terrance
fromFortress
This title is an in-depth exploration of the defences of "Fortress Oahu". It documents the development of these complex and integrated systems and analyzes the success of the infamous Japanese attack in the light of their knowledge of the island's defences.
Investigates the military, political, and historical ramifications of the bombing of Pearl Harbor, examining the unpreparedness of the United States, the cover-up following the disaster, and other important aspects of the attack and its effects.
En detaljeret analyse af udvalgte aspekter af angrebet på Pearl Harbor 7. december 1941 set fra en japansk synsvinkel
Forfatteren, der var linieofficer i den japanske flådes flyvevåben, anførte i luften angrebet på Pearl Harbor ligesom han deltog i flere af de større luftslag i Stillehavet. Efter krigsafslutningen blev han bonde og senere konverterede han helt usædvanligt til kristendommen.