《PEARL HARBOR：THE VERDICT OF HISTORY》

Part I: THE BASE AND THE SUMMIT1

1. "We Were All Out There"3

2. "Slow in Waking Up"15

3. "Too Deeply to Bury Their Hate"34

4. "Bait for a Japanese Attack"45

5. "To Avoid War with Japan"66

6. "He Had Supreme Responsibility"91

7. "On Lines of National Policy"105

8. "Looking in Wrong Direction"121

Part II: ADVISERS, PLANNERS, AND CHIEFS139

9. "With Knives and Hatchets"141

10. "Unsurmountable Obstacles"158

11. "Crimination and Recrimination"177

12. "To Help and Serve"194

13. "Faults of Omission"212

14. "Outside of Effective Contact"233

15. "A Finger of Blame"248

16. "Primarily a Failure of Men"267

17. "The Pitfalls of Divided Responsibility"285

18. "A Lack of Imagination"298

19. "East Wind Rain"312

Part III: FIELD COMMANDERS AND OPERATORS331

20. "A Sentinel on Duty"333

21. "Alerted to Prevent Sabotage"348

22. "The Failure to Comprehend"363

23. "An Important Man in an Important Post"384

24. "Peculiar, Complicated and Tense"398

25. "Always Striving for Perfection"416

26. "His Most Grievous Failure"430

27. "The Last Critical Stages"446

28. "It Is Inexplicable"464

Part IV: THE VIEW FROM THE CROW'S NEST477

29. "Blessed by the War God"479

30. "A Strategic Imbecility"498

31. "A Mental Attitude"516

32. "In the Wake of the Pearl Harbor Disaster"532

33. "Remember Pearl Harbor!"549

Appendices645

1. The Pearl Harbor Investigations647

2. Japanese Proposals of November 20, 1941650

3. "War Warning" Messages of November 27, 1941651

4. Proposed Modus Vivendi653

5. Japan's "Bomb Plot" Message656

6. The Hull Note of November 26, 1941657

7. Popov Questionnaire660

Selected Bibliography663

Index677