This bibliography strives to pull together information on all available print and audiovisual materials related to the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor on 7 December 1941. In pursuit of completeness, I have listed every item to which I have a reference, although I have only annotated those items which I have actually read. Therefore it is possible that this list includes some “ghost” citations.
I recognize that this is an incomplete listing by necessity, since new materials continue to come out even after fifty years have passed. However, I will continue to work on getting more of these materials annotated and adding new ones as I become aware of them. If you know of other books, articles or audiovisual materials that you believe should be added to this listing, please submit them.
Books
Agawa, Hiroyuki. The Reluctant Admiral: Yamamoto and the Imperial Navy. New York: Harper and Row 1979.
Albright, Harry. Pearl Harbor: Japan’s Fatal Blunder, New York: Hippocrene, 1988. This popular work examines what might have happened if the Japanese had made the third wave attack and destroyed the fuel tanks. Because of the almost fictionalized style of the first several chapters, it reads almost like science fiction and sucks the reader in. Just when a reader is starting to hear the “Twilight Zone” theme in the background and wonder if the book has slipped through a dimensional rift from a world where it did happen, the author stops the narration and turns to a more standard non-fiction style to explain the importance of the choice Nagumo made in our world not to make the third attack.
Allen, Gwenfread. Hawaii’s War Years. Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press, 1950. This book looks at the attack on Pearl Harbor primarily in relation to how it affected civilians. There is very little on the military bases themselves.
Anthony, J. Garner. Hawaii Under Army Rule. Stanford, Calif.: Stanford University Press, 1955.
Army Times, eds. Attack on Pearl Harbor. Washington, D.C. 1941.
Arnold, General of the Air Force Henry H. Global Mission. New York: Harper, 1949. This is primarily his memoirs, although there is some good material on the policy background to 7 December.
Badsey, Stephen. Pearl Harbor. Mallard Press, 1991.
Baker, Leonard. Roosevelt and Pearl Harbor. New York: Macmillan, 1970. This book examines Roosevelt’s role in the debacle, and is openly critical of revisionist theories. It also includes the objectionable passage “Kimmel and Short were permitted to retire” which makes it appear that the U.S. government was being incredibly gracious when in fact it was getting rid of both men and attempting to foreclose on their opportunity to clear their name.
Baldwin, Hanson W. Battles Lost and Won: Great Campaigns of World War II. New York: 1966.
Bamford, James. The Puzzle Palace. Boston: Houghton Mifflin 1982.
Barker, Arthur J. Pearl Harbor. New York: Ballantine Books 1969.
Barkley, Alben W. That Reminds Me. Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday, 1954.
Barnes, Harry E., ed. Perpetual War for Perpetual Peace. Caldwell, Idaho: The Caxton Printers Ltd. 1953.
-----. Pearl Harbor After a Quarter of a Century. New York: Arno Press, 1972.
Bartlett, Bruce R. Cover-up: The Politics of Pearl Harbor, 1941-1946. New Rochelle, N.Y.: Arlington House, 1978.
Beach, Edward L. Scapegoats: A Defense of Kimmel and Short at Pearl Harbor. Annapolis, Maryland: Naval Institute Press, 1995. This book re-appraises the revisionist argument in light of new information and concludes that, while it is unlikely that FDR deliberately allowed the attack, the command in Washington did fail to send the necessary information to the commanders in Hawaii, then destroyed those men’s careers in order to cover their own mistakes. In particular, Beach lays a heavy proportion of the blame upon Admiral Richmond Kelly “Terrible” Turner, who was taking over functions outside of his purview in order to build his own power in the Navy Department.
Beard, Charles A. American Foreign Policy in the Making, 1932-1940. New Haven, Conn.: Yale University Press, 1948.
-----. President Roosevelt and the Coming of the War 1941. New Haven, Conn.: Yale University Press, 1948. A critical and scholarly examination of Roosevelt’s role in the aftermath of Pearl Harbor, focusing particularly on Kimmel and Short as scapegoats.
Beekman, Allan. The Niihau Incident. Honolulu: Heritage Press of Pacific, 1982.
Belote, James H., and William M. Belote. Titans of the Seas: The Development and Operations of Japanese and American Carrier Task Forces During World War II. New York: Harper and Row, 1975
Ben-Zvi, Abraham. Surprise Attacks as a Research Field. 1979.
Bergamini, David. Japan’s Imperial Conspiracy. New York: William Morrow, 1971. Good background on the Japanese political situation that led up to the war.
Berle, Adolf A. Navigating the Rapids, 1918-1971. New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1973.
Biddle, Francis. In Brief Authority. Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday & Co., Inc., 1962.
Blair, Clay. Silent Victory. Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott, 1975.
Blum, John M. From the Morgenthau Diaries: Years of War, 1941-1945. Boston: Houghton-Mifflin, 1959-1967.
-----. Years of Urgency, 1938-1941. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1965.
-----. Roosevelt and Morgenthau. Boston: Houghton- Mifflin, 1970.
-----. The Price of Vision: The Diary of Henry A. Wallace, 1942-1946. Boston: Houghton-Mifflin, 1973.
Bonaventura, Ray, and Ralph Vecchi. Month of Infamy, December 1941. Culver City, Calif.: Venture Publications, 1976.
Borg, Dorothy, and Shumpei Okamato, eds. Pearl Harbor as History: Japanese-American Relations, 1931-1941. New York: Columbia University Press, 1973. This collection of essays examines the place of Pearl Harbor in the context of diplomatic history.
Boyle, John H. China and Japan at War 1937-1945. Stanford, Calif.: The Stanford University Press, 1972.
Brown, Anthony Cave. Bodyguard of Lies. New York: Harper & Row, 1975.
Brown, DeSoto. Hawaii Goes to War: Life in Hawaii from Pearl Harbor to Peace. Honolulu: Editions Limited, 1989.
-----, ed. Hawaii Recalls: Selling Romance to America. Nostalgic Images of the Hawaiian Islands: 1910-1950. Honolulu: Editions Limited, 1982.
Brownlow, Donald G. The Accused: The Ordeal of Rear Admiral Husband Edward Kimmel, U.S.N. New York: Vantage, 1968. The only published biography of Admiral Kimmel, this book is the best starting source for information on the admiral’s career before Pearl Harbor. It is written by a man sympathetic with the admiral’s cause.
Buell, Thomas B. The Quiet Warrior: A Biography of Admiral Raymond A. Spruance. Boston: Little, Brown, 1974. Although this source concentrates primarily upon the later career of Admiral Spruance, it does discuss how the attack on Pearl Harbor affected Spruance.
Burns, James McGregor. Roosevelt: The Lion and the Fox, Harcourt, Brace and Company, New York, 1956.
-----. Roosevelt: The Soldier of Freedom. New York: Harcourt Brace, 1970.
Burtness, Paul S. and Warren U. Ober, eds. The Puzzle of Pearl Harbor. Evanston, Ill.: Row, Peterson, 1962.
Butow, Robert J. C. The John Doe Associates: Backdoor Diplomacy for Peace, 1941. Stanford, Calif.: Stanford University Press, 1974. This book deals with the private efforts of Admiral Nomura and various U.S. agents to avert the war.
-----. Tojo and the Coming of the War. Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press, 1961. Although primarily a biography of Tojo, it also looks at Japanese policy issues that are related to the decision to attack Pearl Harbor.
Byas, Hugh. Government by Assassination. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1942.
Cantrill, Hadley, ed. Public Opinion 1935-1946. Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press, 1951.
Carver, Michael, ed. The War Lords: The Military Commanders of the Twentieth Century. Boston: Little, Brown, 1976.
Clark, Blake. Remember Pearl Harbor! New York: Modern Age Books, 1942.
Clark, Thurston. Pearl Harbor Ghosts: A Journey to Hawaii Then and Now. New York: William Morrow and Co., Inc. 1991. Written for the fiftieth anniversary of the Pearl Harbor attack, this book looks at it through the lens of the present. It traces the post-attack lives of a number of survivors and discusses how the attack has affected the entire area and continues to affect it.
Claussen, Henry C. and Bruce Lee. Pearl Harbor! Final Judgment, New York: Crown Publishers, 1992. In reading this book, it is important to remember that Claussen was the special investigator for the Secretary of War, and therefore was probably under orders to produce a report favorable to the administration, in spite of all his protestations of impartiality. This probably explains why he was so extremely critical of Admiral Kimmel, almost to the point of arguing that since Roosevelt was by definition right as President, it had to be the Admiral’s fault.
Coffey, Thomas M. Imperial Tragedy: Japan in World War II: The First Days and the Last. New York: World Publishers, 1970. A chronological recounting of Pearl Harbor, particularly from the Japanese point of view.
Cohen, Stan. East Wind Rain: A Pictorial History of the Pearl Harbor Attack. Missoula, Mont.: Pictorial Histories Publishing Company, 1981.
Cole, Wayne S. America First: The Battle Against Interventionism, 1940-1941. Madison: University of Wisconsin Press, 1953.
Collier, Basil. The War in the Far East, 1941-1945, New York: Morrow, 1969. Pearl Harbor is covered briefly in the larger context of the entire war.
Collier, Richard. The Road to Pearl Harbor—1941, New York: Atheneum, 1981. Examines how the various events around the world, particularly in Europe, fit together to lead up to the attack on Pearl Harbor.
Cooper, George, and Gavan Daws. Land and Power in Hawaii: The Democratic Years. Honolulu: Benchmark Books, 1985.
The Correspondents of Time, Life and Fortune. December 7: The First Thirty Hours. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1942.
Corson, William R. The Armies of Ignorance: The Rise of the American Intelligence Empire. New York: Dial Press, 1977. This book examines how the U.S. intelligence services behaved before and after the attack on Pearl Harbor.
Costello, John. The Pacific War 1941-1945. New York: Rawson and Wade, 1981.
-----. Days of Infamy: MacArthur, Roosevelt, Churchill: The Shocking Truth Revealed. New York: Pocket, 1994.
Craigie, Sir Robert Leslie. Behind the Japanese Mask. London: Hutchinson, 1945.
Crossman, Robert J. Infamous Day.
Dall, Curtis B. F.D.R., My Exploited Father-in-Law. Tulsa, Okla.: Christian Crusade Publications, 1967.
Dallek, Robert. Franklin D. Roosevelt and American Foreign Policy, 1932-1945. New York: Oxford University Press, 1979.
Davis, Forrest, and Lindley, Ernest K. How War Came, Simon and Schuster, New York, 1942.
Davis, Kenneth Sydney. Experience of War: The United States in World War II. Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday, 1965.
Dilts, Marion May, The Pageant of Japanese History. Longmans, Green and Company, New York, 1942.
Dorwart, Jeffery M. Conflict of Duty. Annapolis, Md.: U.S. Naval Institute Press, 1983.
Dower, John W. War Without Mercy: Race and Power in the Pacific War. New York: Pantheon, 1986. This book examines the role of racism and stereotypes of the Japanese as subhuman “monkey-men” in the war. The book is relevant to Pearl Harbor in how these attitudes led to American underestimation of Japanese war-making ability.
Dull, Paul S. A Battle History of the Imperial Japanese Navy (1941-1945). Annapolis, Md.: U.S. Naval Institute Press, 1978.
Dunnahoo, Terry. Pearl Harbor: America Enters the War. New York: Franklin Watts, 1991.
Durant, Will, and Ariel. The Lessons of History. New York: Simon & Schuster, 1968.
Dyer, Vice Adm. George C. On the Treadmill to Pearl Harbor: The Memoirs of Admiral James O. Richardson, U.S.N. (Retired). Washington D.C.: Naval History Division, Department of the Navy, 1973. These memoirs were withheld from publication by the request of Admiral Richardson himself until after the death of Admiral Stark because they are very critical of the top echelons of Navy command in Washington, particularly Stark. He argues that it was a failure of the top command in Washington that led to Pearl Harbor and that Admiral Kimmel was a victim of a “CYA” (cover-your-ass) operation.
-----. The Amphibians Came to Conquer: The Story of Admiral Richmond Kelly Turner. Washington D.C.: Naval History Division, Department of the Navy, 1971.
Editors of the Army Times Publishing Company. Pearl Harbor and Hawaii: A Military History. New York: Walker, 1971. Heavy on photos, with a very basic narrative of events; good for getting a visual sense of the events.
Eggleston, George T. Roosevelt, Churchill and the World War II Opposition. Old Greenwich, Conn.: Devin-Adair, 1979.
Emmerson, John K. The Japanese Thread. New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1978.
Edmonds, Walter D. They Fought with What They Had. Boston: Little, Brown, 1951.
Farago, Ladislas. The Broken Seal: Operation Magic and the Pearl Harbor Disaster. Random House, New York, 1967. The story of pre-Pearl Harbor code-breaking, and in particular how vital clues were missed. This includes the story of the Lurline discovery as well as other surprising secrets.
Farrell, Bryan. Hawaii: The Legend That Sells. Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press, 1982.
Feis, Herbert. The Road to Pearl Harbor: The Coming of War Between the United States and Japan. Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press, 1950. The focus of this work is politics, and particularly the various factors which led the United States and Japan to become increasingly hostile.
Fleet Reserve Association. U.S.S. Arizona: Ship’s Data. Honolulu: Fleet Reserve Association, 1978.
Flynn, John T. The Truth About Pearl Harbor. New York: privately printed pamphlet, 1944.
Freeman, Tom. Pearl Harbor Recalled: New Images of the Day of Infamy. Annapolis, Md.: U.S. Naval Institute Press, 1991.
Fuchida, Mitsuo. From Pearl Harbor to Golgotha. San Jose, Calif.: Sky Pilots of America International, undated [probably mid-1950’s].
Furer, Rear Adm. Julius Augustus. Administration of the Navy Department in World War II. Washington, D.C.: Naval History Division, Department of the Navy, 1959.
Gilbert, Dan. What Really Happened at Pearl Harbor? Grand Rapids, Mich.: Zondervan, 1942.
Goldstein, Donald M., and Katherine V. Dillon. The Pearl Harbor Papers: Inside the Japanese Plans. Washington, D.C.: Brassey’s, 1993. A collection of translated Japanese primary source documents
Goldstein, Donald M., Katherine V. Dillon and J. Michael Wenger. The Way it Was: Pearl Harbor: The Original Photographs. Washington, D.C.: Brassey’s, 1991. Pictures and text of the attack on Pearl Harbor and the people involved.
Goldston, Robert C. Pearl Harbor: 7 December 1941. New York: Watts, 1972.
Halsey, Fleet Adm. William F. Admiral Halsey’s Story. McGraw-Hill Book Company, New York, 1947. In his memoirs, Admiral Halsey devotes several pages to the attack on Pearl Harbor and in particular to its effects on Admiral Kimmel, who was his close friend. Halsey, loyal to a fault, is most adamant in his defense of Kimmel and never passes up a chance to put in a good word for the man he regarded as “the greatest military martyr of American history.”
Hoehling, A. A. The Week Before Pearl Harbor. New York: W. W. Norton, 1963.
-----. December 7, 1941: The Day the Admirals Slept Late. New York: Kensington, 1978. A paperback reprint of the above, packaged for popular consumption with an attention-getting blurb on the back which makes it look like Admiral Kimmel got his position as CinCPac through patronage when the actual text within makes it clear that his connection with Roosevelt was actually a very minor part of his career which played almost no role in his selection for the command.
Holmes, W. J. Double-Edged Secrets. Annapolis: Naval Institute Press, 1979.
Honan, William H., Visions of Infamy: The Untold Story of How Journalist Hector C. Bywater Devised the Plans that Led to Pearl Harbor. New York: St. Martin’s Press, 1991. Tells how an American writer produced a book which became a virtual blueprint for the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor.
Hoyt, Edwin P. How they Won the War in the Pacific: Nimitz and His Admirals. New York: Weybright & Talley, 1970. Although it is actually an overview of the entire war, it does cover the attack.
-----. Japan’s War: The Great Pacific Conflict, New York: McGraw Hill, 1986. Again the focus is on the entire war, but there is some good coverage of the military and political background to the attack on Pearl Harbor.
Huie, William Bradford. The Case Against the Admirals: Why We Must Have a Unified Command. New York: E. P. Dutton & Co., 1946.
Hudson, Robert Stephen. Sunrise Sunset: December 7, 1941, Pearl Harbor. Honolulu: Hudson Historical Enterprise, 1986.
Hurd, Charles. Washington Cavalcade. New York: E. P. Dutton, 1948.
Ienaga, Saburo. The Pacific War: World War II and the Japanese, 1931-1945. New York: Pantheon, 1978. This book examines Japanese actions leading up to the war and how the various parts of the Japanese government worked together to make it impossible to prevent.
Ike, Nobutake, ed. Japan’s Decision for War: Records of the 1941 Policy Conferences. Stanford, Calif.: Stanford University Press. The Japanese view of how Japan went to war, including a number of documents.
Jackson, Charles L. On to Pearl Harbor and Beyond. Dixon, Calif: Pacific Ship & Shore, 1982.
Jones, James. From Here to Eternity. New York: Scribner’s, 1951.
Kahn, David. The Codebreakers. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1946. Looks at the history and technique of codebreaking.
Karig, Walter, and Welbourn Kelley. Battle Report: Pearl Harbor to Coral Sea. New York: Farrar and Rinehart, 1944. This is an official account meant to build fighting spirit. There are some factual errors due to the lack of information at the time, partly due to the need for military secrecy. Admiral Kimmel is not even mentioned and there is no discussion of his guilt or innocence. However there are many heartening pictures of valor under fire, such as the account of Isaac Kidd helping man a machine gun moments before his flagship was destroyed.
Kennett, Lee B. For the Duration. New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons, 1985. Looks at the home front reaction to Pearl Harbor and how people at home got through the war.
Ketchum, Richard M. The Borrowed Years 1938-1941: America on the Way to War. New York: Random House, 1989. Looks at American policy and life up to Pearl Harbor, but also gives a good picture of the attack itself.
Kimmel, Husband Edward. Admiral Kimmel’s Story. Chicago: Regnery 1955. In this book Admiral Kimmel presents his own case, setting out the problems he faced as CINCPAC, particularly a shortage of vital intelligence information on which to base his judgment of the situation immediately prior to the attack.
King, Ernest J. U.S. Navy at War 1941-1945 (Official Report to the Secretary of the Navy). Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, 1946.
-----, and Walter Muir Whitehead. Fleet Admiral King: A Naval Record. New York: W. W. Norton, 1952. Here are King’s memoirs of the war, written in the third person. There is scant coverage of the attack on Pearl Harbor itself, since King was in the Atlantic at the time, but the book provides a good overview of the situation at the time and particularly the inner workings of the Navy.
Kirby, S. Woodburn, et al. The War Against Japan, Vol. I. London: H.M. Stationary Office, 1957.
Kirkpatrick, Lyman B., Jr. Captains Without Eyes: Intelligence Failures in World War II. London: The Macmillan Company, 1969. This book studies intelligence foul-ups, including Pearl Harbor. It takes a look at what U.S. intelligence knew but failed to tell its commanders in Hawaii, and concludes that no single person or organization was at fault. Rather it was a systematic failure.
LaForte, Robert S., and Ronald E. Marcello. Remembering Pearl Harbor: Eyewitness Accounts by U. S. Military Men and Women. Washington, D.C.: Scholarly Resources, 1991. This oral history gives the accounts of various people, mostly enlisted personnel, who were present during the attack.
Langer, William L., and S. Everett Gleason. The Undeclared War: 1940-1941. New York: Harper & Brothers, 1953. This book examines the politics leading up to and during the attack on Pearl Harbor.
Lash, Joseph P. Roosevelt and Churchill 1931-1941: The Partnership that Saved the West. New York: W. W. Norton, 1976.
Layton, Rear Adm. Edwin T., USN (Ret.). “And I Was There”: Pearl Harbor and Midway—Breaking the Secrets. New York: Morrow, 1985. Layton, who was Fleet Intelligence Officer for both Kimmel and Nimitz, presents the story of his involvement in Pearl Harbor. He is strongly loyal to Kimmel and begins his account with the story of how he confronted Admiral R. K. Turner, who was claiming that Kimmel had all the information he needed to prevent the attack and simply chose not to act upon it. The section devoted to Pearl Harbor is methodical in its attention to detail, as befits a trained intelligence officer such as Layton.
Lenihan, Daniel J., ed. Submerged Cultural Resources Study: U.S.S. Arizona Memorial and Pearl Harbor National Historical Landmark. Santa Fe, N.M.: Submerged Cultural Resources Unit, Southwest Cultural Resources Center, Southwest Region, National Park Service, U.S. Department of the Interior, 1989.
Lewin, Ronald. The American Magic. New York: Farrar Straus Girox, 1982.
Lombard, Helen. While They Fought. New York: Scribner’s, 1947.
Lord, Walter. Day of Infamy, Henry Holt and Company, New York 1957. This book is a chronological reconstruction of the events of 7 December 1941.
Love, Robert W. Jr. Pearl Harbor Revisited. New York: St. Martins, 1995. A collection of articles about the attack on Pearl Harbor.
Lundstrom, John B. The First South Pacific Campaign: Pacific Fleet Strategy December 1941-June 1942. Annapolis, Md.: U.S. Naval Institute Press, 1976. A quick overview of strategic planning and Pearl Harbor, although there is much more concentration on the Philippines and the Coral Sea.
-----. The First Team. Annapolis, Md.: U.S. Naval Institute Press, 1984.
MacDonald, Alexander. Revolt in Paradise. New York: S. Daye, 1944.
The “Magic” Background of Pearl Harbor. Washington, D.C.: Department of Defense, 1977.
Marshall, Katherine Tupper. Together. Atlanta: Tupper and Love, 1946.
Melosi, Martin V. The Shadow of Pearl Harbor: Political Controversy over the Surprise Attack, 1941-1946. College Station, Tex.: Texas A&M University Press, 1977. This book examines the political repercussions of Pearl Harbor, particularly the series of investigations and cover-ups that have prevented any real accounting.
Merrill, James M. A Sailor’s Admiral: A Biography of William F. Halsey, 1976. This biography of Halsey presents a sympathetic view of Kimmel and his role in the Pearl Harbor attack. It also provides some material on the relationship between Halsey and Kimmel, particularly after the latter’s relief from command as CINCPAC.
Middleton, Drew. Crossroads of Modern Warfare. Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday, 1983.
Millis, Walter. This is Pearl! The United States and Japan—1941. New York: W. Morrow and Co., 1947. Looks at the events of 1941 leading up to Pearl Harbor and the attack itself.
Mitchell, Joseph B., and Sir Edward Creasy. Twenty Decisive Battles of the World. New York: Macmillan, 1964.
Morgenstern, George. Pearl Harbor: The Story of the Secret War, The Devin-Adair Company, New York, 1947. The history of how Washington steadily gave inadequate information to their commanders in Hawaii and subsequently resorted to cover-ups and scape-goating to avoid taking responsibility for their own failure.
Morison, Samuel Eliot. By Land and By Sea. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1953.
-----. The Rising Sun in the Pacific, 1931-April 1942. Little Brown and Co., Boston, 1954. This semi-official book toes the Administration line and blames the commanders in Hawaii for the problems that led to American forces being caught unprepared by the attack.
Morton, Louis. United States Army in World War II: The War in the Pacific: Strategy and Command: The First Two Years. Washington, D.C.: Department of the Army, Office, Chief of Military History, 1962.
Mosley, Leonard. Marshall: Hero for Our Time. New York: Hearst Books, 1982. This laudatory biography of Marshall pins blame for Pearl Harbor in Hawaii and does a lot of damage control on Marshall’s role.
O’Connor, Richard. Pacific Destiny. Boston: Little, Brown, 1969.
Ollila, John E. “I Was at Pearl Harbor”: The Life and Times of John E. Ollila. Wichita, Kans.: Haag-Sumpton, 1984.
Pantzer, Eric F. The Debacle at Pearl Harbor. Indianapolis, Ind.: Thesis, Indiana University, 1965.
Parkinson, Roger. Attack on Pearl Harbor. London: Wayland, 1973.
Pelz, Stephen E. Race to Pearl Harbor: The Failure of the Second London Naval Conference and the Onset of World War II. Cambridge, Mass: Harvard University Press, 1964. Examines how the treaties which were supposed to prevent a future world war fell apart. This is mostly a political and diplomatic book rather than a military one.
Pettee, George S. The Future of American Secret Intelligence. Washington, D.C.: Infantry Journal Press, 1946.
Pogue, Forrest C. George C. Marshall: The War Years. New York: The Viking Press, 1965.
Porteus, Standley D. And Blow Not the Trumpet: A Prelude to Peril. Palo Alto, Calif.: Pacific Books, 1947.
Potter, Elmer B. Nimitz. Annapolis, Md.: U.S. Naval Institute Press, 1976. The first authorized biography of Fleet Admiral Chester Nimitz, this book discusses the effects of the attack on Pearl Harbor on the fleet and personnel. It also deals with Nimitz’s ambivalence at being called upon to relieve Kimmel, who had been a friend, and the effects of the attack and subsequent disgrace upon Kimmel.
-----. Bull Halsey. Annapolis, Md.: Naval Institute Press, 1985. This book provides an account of the role of Admiral Halsey and the Enterprise task force in the attack on Pearl Harbor and the subsequent search for the retreating Japanese task force. It also discusses Halsey’s feelings upon seeing Kimmel relieved of command in disgrace and Halsey’s attempts to defend his old friend.
Potter, John Deane. Yamamoto, the Man Who Menaced America. New York: Viking Press, 1965. This biography of Yamamoto has good background on his personality and his relationship with his subordinates, particularly Nagumo. There is some material on the attack itself.
Prange, Gordon W. At Dawn We Slept. New York: McGraw-Hill, 1981. The first of a series of three books on Pearl Harbor, this book is an in-depth examination of the personalities and events involved in the attack. It is very critical of Admiral Kimmel and scathing of revisionist theories.
----- with Donald M. Goldstein and Katherine V. Dillon. Dec. 7, 1941: The Day the Japanese Attacked Pearl Harbor. New York: McGraw-Hill, 1988. The final book of Prange’s Pearl Harbor triad, this is a detailed reconstruction of the events of the Pearl Harbor attack.
-----. God’s Samurai: Lead Pilot at Pearl Harbor. Washington, D. C.: Brassey’s, 1990. This biography of Mitsuo Fuchida tells how he survived World War II and subsequently became an evangelical Christian.
-----. Pearl Harbor: The Verdict of History. New York: McGraw-Hill, 1986. The second of Prange’s Pearl Harbor triad, this book focuses on the responsibility for the attack. It is very harsh on Admiral Kimmel and claims that he became so entangled in the minutia of command that he lost track of the broader picture.
Pratt, Fletcher. The Navy’s War. New York: Harper & Brothers, 1944.
Prelude to Infamy: Official Report on the Final Phase of U.S.-Japanese Relations, October 17 to December 7, 1941. Washington, D.C.: U.S. Department of State, 1943.
Roscoe, Theodore. United States Destroyer Operations in World War II. Annapolis, Md.: U.S. Naval Institute Press, 1953. This is an overall war history, but has some good coverage of the destroyers at Pearl Harbor and particularly those that were damaged in the course of the attack.
-----. United States Submarine Operations in World War II. Annapolis, Md.: U.S. Naval Institute Press, 1949. This is an overall war history, but has some material on the role of submarines in Pearl Harbor. (It also has information on Admiral Kimmel’s son Manning Marius and the Robalo, but never mentions their relationship).
Rosenman, Samuel I. Working with Roosevelt. New York: Harper, 1952.
Rusbridger, James and Eric Nave. Betrayal at Pearl Harbor: How Churchill Lured Roosevelt into World War II. New York: Summit, 1991. This provides a new take on the conspiracy theory of Pearl Harbor, suggesting that Roosevelt was himself a dupe and the real villain was Churchill, who withheld vital information on Japanese activities in order to get the United States to help England.
Russett, Bruce M. No Clear and Present Danger. New York: Harper and Row, 1972. This book argues that Japan was pushed into the war by the United States.
Sherwood, Robert E. Roosevelt and Hopkins. New York: Harper, 1948. This book looks at FDR and Hopkins’ diplomacy.
Sakamaki, Kazuo. I Attacked Pearl Harbor. New York: Association Press, 1949.
Sayre, Francis B. Glad Adventure. New York: Macmillan Co., 1957.
Schroeder, Paul W. The Axis Alliance and Japanese- American Relations 1941. Ithaca, N.Y.: Cornell University Press, 1958.
Schuler, Frank A. The Pearl Harbor Cover-up, New York: Pinnacle 1976. This is a very puzzling book. The note on the verso of the title page lists it as being fiction. It appears to be a fictionalization of the role of the author in the diplomacy leading up to Pearl Harbor and the subsequent cover-up.
Shapiro, William E. Pearl Harbor. In Turning Points of World War II series. New York: Franklin Watts, 1984. This is a basic reader on Pearl Harbor which looks at the historical background and the attack itself. The blame is placed on the system itself, not just Kimmel and Short, arguing that it was too big a failure for just two men to be at fault.
Sheehan, Ed. Days of ‘41: Pearl Harbor Remembered. Honolulu: Pearl Harbor—Honolulu Branch 46 Fleet Reserve Association Enterprises, 1976.
Simpson, B. Mitchell, III. Admiral Harold R. Stark: Architect of Victory, 1939-1945. Columbia, S.C.: University of South Carolina Press, 1989. This book is fairly gentle on Stark and notes how he tried to spare and help Admiral Kimmel after the attack on Pearl Harbor, but that the Administration ignored him.
Slackman, Michael, ed. Pearl Harbor in Perspective. Honolulu: Arizona Memorial Museum Association, 1986.
-----. Remembering Pearl Harbor: The Story of the U.S.S. Arizona Memorial. Honolulu: Arizona Memorial Museum Association, 1984.
-----. Target: Pearl Harbor. Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press and Arizona Memorial Museum Association, 1990. Primarily a recounting of events, but also looks at reactions. Has an appendix on revisionist theories.
Smith, S. E. The United States Navy in World War II. New York: William Morrow and Co., 1966. A compilation of various documents linked with transitions by the author. Although it is an overview of the entire war, there are several chapters on Pearl Harbor.
Smyser, A. A. Hawaii’s Future in the Pacific: Disaster, Backwater or Future State? Honolulu: East-West Center, 1988.
Spector, Ronald H. The Eagle Against the Sun: The American War with Japan. New York: The Free Press, 1985. This book has some good political background and general information on the fleet.
Stafford, Edward P. The Big E: The story of the U.S.S. Enterprise. New York: Random House, 1962. The story of the ship’s overall career in World War II, it does touch on her role in Pearl Harbor.
Standley, Adm. William H., USN (Ret.), and Rear Adm. Arthur A. Ageton. (Ret.). Admiral Ambassador to Russia. Chicago: Henry Regnery Co., 1955.
Stephan, John J. Hawaii Under the Rising Sun: Japan’s Plans for Conquest After Pearl Harbor. Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press, 1984.
Stillwell, Paul, ed. Air Raid: Pearl Harbor! Annapolis, Md.: U.S. Naval Institute Press, 1981. This is a sort of “album” of pictures and articles by various officers and other individuals involved in Pearl Harbor.
Stimson, Henry L., and McGeorge Bundy. On Active Service in Peace and War. New York: Harper & Row, 1947.
Stratton, Roy. The Army-Navy Game. Falmouth, Mass.: Volta, 1977.
Sulzberger, C. L. A Long Row of Candles. New York: Macmillan, 1969.
Sweeny, Charles. Pearl Harbor. Murray, Ut.: privately printed, 1946.
Tansill, Charles C. Back Door to War: The Roosevelt Foreign Policy, 1933-1941, Henry Regency Company, Chicago, 1952. This book looks at Roosevelt’s foreign policy, arguing that he was maneuvering the Japanese into starting the war.
Tate, Merze. The United States and Armament. New York: Russell & Russell, 1948.
Taylor, Theodore. Air Raid—Pearl Harbor. New York: Crowell, 1971.
Theobald, Robert A. The Final Secret of Pearl Harbor. New York: The Devin-Adair Co., 1954. This account of the systematic cover-up was written by Admiral Kimmel’s longtime friend and associate. It includes forewords by Kimmel and Halsey accusing Roosevelt of primary guilt.
Thorne, Christopher. Allies of a Kind: The United States, Great Britain and the War Against Japan 1941-43. New York: Oxford University Press, 1978. This very scholarly work examines political and military relations between the U.S. and Great Britain and how the two countries worked together. There is very little on the actual attack, but this book is good for understanding the whys and wherefores behind the events.
Thorpe, Elliott R. East Wind, Rain. Boston: Gambit, Inc., 1969.
Toland, John. But Not in Shame. New York: Random House, 1961. This book deals with the events of Pearl Harbor and the six months following it to the Battle of Midway.
-----. The Rising Sun. New York: Random House, 1970. This book looks at the Japanese political and military situation, with good background on the events leading up to Pearl Harbor.
-----. Infamy: Pearl Harbor and Its Aftermath. Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday, 1982. The most well-known and best researched of all the revisionist accounts of Pearl Harbor, this book concentrates primarily upon the manner in which the various investigations were handled and mishandled. Although the first several chapters do discuss the mechanics of the attack itself, this is not the primary focus of the book. Rather it is the manner in which Admiral Kimmel and General Short were discarded like trash and subsequently prevented from ever receiving a fair hearing on their cases.
Tolley, Rear Adm. Kemp. Cruise of the Lanikai: Incitement to War. Annapolis: Naval Institute Press, 1973.
Travers, Paul J. Eyewitness to Infamy: An Oral History of Pearl Harbor. Lanham, Md.: Madison Books, 1991. This is a collection of accounts by people who witnessed the attack.
Trefousse, Hans L. (Ed.) What Happened at Pearl Harbor. Twayne Publishers, New York, 1958. This book is a collection of testimony, statements and other documentation on Pearl Harbor. An introduction by the editor provides context.
-----. Pearl Harbor, the Continuing Controversy. Malabar, Fla.: Krieger, 1982. Examines various controversial issues in regards to Pearl Harbor, and is very critical of the Hawaiian commanders. In particular, he calls Admiral Kimmel “irresponsible.”
Tully, Grace. F.D.R., My Boss. New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons, 1949.
U.S. Congress. Pearl Harbor Attack: Hearings Before the Joint Committee on the Pearl Harbor Attack. 79th Congress, 1st Session. 39 vols. 1946. This is the complete report of the hearing and is very technical.
Van Der Rhoer, Edward. Deadly Magic: A Personal Account of Communication Intelligence in World War II in the Pacific. New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons, 1978.
Van der Vat, Dan. The Pacific Campaign, World War II: The U.S. and Japanese Naval War, 1941-1945. New York: Simon and Schuster, 1991. The material on Pearl Harbor primarily looks at its place within the entire war.
Waller, George M. Pearl Harbor: Roosevelt and the Coming of the War. Boston: Heath, 1965. A collection of excerpts from various books and other documents. It includes a piece from Admiral Kimmel’s book (above).
-----. Pearl Harbor. Lexington, Mass.: Heath, 1976. A later edition of the above.
Wallin, Vice Adm. Homer N. Pearl Harbor: Why, How, Fleet Salvage, and Final Appraisal. Washington, D.C.: Naval History Division, Department of the Navy, 1968. An extensive technical discussion of damage to the ships and how they were repaired or how it was determined to abandon them. It places blame on the U.S. people in general, arguing that refusal to properly fund the Navy led to the debacle.
Watson, Brian. The Responsibility for Pearl Harbor.
Wayman, Dorothy G. David I. Walsh, Citizen-Patriot. Milwaukee: Bruce, 1952.
Wedemeyer, General Albert C. Wedemeyer Reports! New York: Holt, 1958.
Weintraub, Stanley. Long Day’s Journey into War: December 7, 1941. New York: Truman Talley, 1991. This book is a reconstruction of the events leading up to and following the attack on Pearl Harbor. It seeks to tie together world events, and to this end shows four clocks at the head of each chapter, allowing the reader to see how events in disparate time zones related in real time.
Whitehead, Don. The FBI Story. New York: Random House, 1956.
Wilson, Rose Page. General Marshall Remembered. Englewood Cliffs, N.J.: Prentice-Hall, 1968.
Winant, John Gilbert. Letter from Grosvenor Square. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1947.
Wohlstetter, Roberta. Pearl Harbor: Warning and Decision. Stanford, Calif.: Stanford University Press, 1962. This is an examination of communications and problems among U.S. commanders involved in Pearl Harbor.
Worth, Roland H. Jr. Pearl Harbor: Selected Testimonies, Fully Indexed, From the Congressional Hearings (1945-1946) and Prior Investigations of the Events Leading Up to the Attack. Jefferson, N.C.: McFarland, 1993. A collection of primary source materials related to Pearl Harbor.
Yardley, Maili. Hawaii: Times and Tides. Lawai, Kauai, Hawaii: The Woolsey Press, 1975.
Yates, Margaret. Murder By the Yard. New York: Harper, 1942.
Zacharias, Ellis M. Secret Missions. New York: G. P. Putnam’s Sons, 1946.
Articles
Alden, Comdr. John D. “Up From Ashes: The Saga of Cassin and Downes.” United States Naval Institute Proceedings, January 1961.
Barnes, Harry E. “A Historian Investigates a Tough Question: Where Was the General?” Chicago Tribune, 7 December 1966.
-----. “Pearl Harbor After a Quarter of a Century.” Left and Right: A Journal of Libertarian Thought.
-----. “What Happened at Pearl Harbor?” Peace News, London, 7 December 1962.
Bartlett, Bruce B. “The Pearl Harbor Cover-up.” Reason, February 1976, pages 24-27. It starts with the parallel to Watergate, arguing that the latter scandal was not unique. It continued to show how FDR and his followers deliberately spin-doctored every report or hid those that could not be, using every ugly dirty trick in the book. It also discusses the connection with Flynn.
Beach, Edward L. “Who’s to Blame.” United States Naval Institute Proceedings, December 1991, 32-40. A discussion of the new evidence for the revisionist position by the author of the book Scapegoats.
Beatty, Vice Adm. Frank E. “Another Version of What Started War with Japan.” U.S. News & World Report 28 May 1954, pages 48-50. Beatty was an aide to Frank Knox, Secretary of the Navy, at the time of Pearl Harbor, and denies any conspiracy or deceit.
-----. “Background of the Secret Report.” National Review, 13 December 1966, pages 1261-65. Tells his account of Frank Knox’s investigation directly after the attack.
Boyd, Ellsworth. “A Voice from the Bottom of the Sea.” Our Navy, December 1967.
Boyle, John H. “The Walsh-Drought Mission to Japan.” Pacific Historical Review, May 1965, pages 141-161. This article looks at a diplomatic mission about one year before the attack on Pearl Harbor, and in particular examines the cultural misinterpretations on both sides. It is primarily useful for background on why various miscues occurred, leading up to the actual attack.
Bratzel, John F., and Leslie B. Rout, Jr. “Pearl Harbor, Microdots and J. Edgar Hoover.” American Historical Review, December 1982, pages 1342+. A discussion of an agent named Popov (double agent) who passed MI6 a questionnaire on Pearl Harbor from the Japanese via the German Abwehr.
Burtness, Paul S., and Ober, Warren U. “Research Methodology: Problem of Pearl Harbor Intelligence Reports.” Military Affairs, Fall 1961, pages 132-46.
Butow, Robert J. C. “The Hull-Nomura Conversations: A Fundamental Misconception.” American Historical Review, July 1960, pages 822-36
-----. “Backdoor Diplomacy in the Pacific: The Proposal for a Konoye-Roosevelt Meeting, 1941.” The Journal of American History, June 1972.
Chamberlain, John. “The Man Who Pushed Pearl Harbor.” Life, 1 April 1946, pages 84-97. This contains some details of historical events, but is primarily on Senator Homer Ferguson and how he made sure Congress investigated Pearl Harbor. It talks about how he got into the profession of investigation and the Senate, plus his role in uncovering certain dirty secrets.
Chamberlin, William Henry. “The Clay Feet of Imperialism.” Asia, May 1942.
Cloward, Ralph B., M.D. “A Neurosurgeon Remembers Pearl Harbor.” Surgical Neurology, December 1976.
Current, Richard Nelson. “How Stimson Meant to ‘Maneuver’ the Japanese.” Mississippi Valley Historical Review, XL (June 1953), pages 67-74. Cites statements by Stimson about “maneuvering” the Japanese into firing the first shot, but concludes that this does not necessarily mean that the Administration deliberately planned to allow the attack on Pearl Harbor.
Dickinson, Lt. Clarence C. “I Fly for Vengeance.” Saturday Evening Post, 19 October 1942.
Dupuy, T. N. “Pearl Harbor: Who Blundered? American Heritage. An extensive discussion of the failure of command, which spreads the blame with a broad brush.
Edmonds, Walter D. “What Happened at Clark Field.” Atlantic, July 1951.
Estel, John (AP). “Hoover Shared Spy Disclosure on Pearl Harbor.” Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, 1 April 1982.
Esthus, Raymond A. “President Roosevelt’s Commitment to Britain to Intervene in a Pacific War.” Mississippi Valley Historical Review, June 1963, pages 28-38. Examines FDR’s links to the U.K. and the Constitutional problems involved in supporting Britain before a declaration of war.
Fagan, Lt. Col. George V. “F.D.R. and Naval Limitations.” United States Naval Institute Proceedings, April 1955.
Feis, Herbert. “War Came at Pearl Harbor: Suspicions Considered.” Yale Review, Spring 1956, pages 379- 90. Denies any culpability on FDR’s part, and argues he was acting in good faith and without duplicity.
Forbes. “A Mixed Blessing.” 22 February 1988.
Fox, Barry. “I Remember Pearl Harbor.” Harper’s, January 1943.
Fuchida, Mitsuo. “I Led the Air Attack on Pearl Harbor.” Ed. by Roger Pineau. United States Naval Institute Proceedings, September 1952.
Fukodome, Vice Adm. Shigeru. “Hawaii Operation.” United States Naval Institute Press, December 1955.
Gannon, Michael. “Reopen the Kimmel Case.” United States Naval Institute Proceedings, December 1994, 51-56. A noted naval historian argues that it is time to exonerate Admiral Kimmel for the blame that has been placed upon him.
Graves, James B. “William F. Halsey, Jr.” Conservative Digest, September/October 1989, pages 37-41. This article mentions Pearl Harbor and malfeasance in Washington, but incorrectly gives Admiral Kimmel the first name of his second son, Thomas.
Graybar, Lloyd J. “Pearl Harbor ‘Scapegoat’.” Louisville Courier-Journal, 3 December 1978, pages 11+. A brief biographical sketch of Admiral Kimmel, his naval career and his subsequent struggles to rehabilitate his reputation.
Greaves, Percy L., Jr. “FDR’s Watergate: Pearl Harbor.” Reason, February 1976, pages 16-23. Starting with the concept of Watergate as a synonym for corruption, this article argues that FDR and his followers covered up Pearl Harbor even after the legitimate needs of the war were gone. It argues that the U.S. government knew what was going on and wouldn’t tell Kimmel and Short in order to make sure the U.S. got into the war, then punished these men to cover their own dirty deeds.
-----. “Pearl Harbor.” National Review, 13 December 1966, pages 1266-72. This article focuses on the responsibility of George C. Marshall for the defense of Hawaii and how he failed to tell Walter Short what was going on. It also argues that Roosevelt had gotten out of hand and was lying to the public. It also blasts Roberta Wohlstetter’s book (above).
Harrington, Daniel F. “A Careless Hope: American Air Power and Japan, 1941.” Pacific Historical Review, May 1979, pages 217-38. An examination of strategic planning in the Pacific before the attack on Pearl Harbor, and the underlying problems of defending the base without support from home.
Hiles, Charles C. “The Kita Message: Forever a Mystery?” Chicago Tribune, 7 December 1966.
Hill, Norman. “Was There an Ultimatum before Pearl Harbor?” American Journal of International Law, April 1948.
Hoar, William P. “Clouds Remain over Pearl Harbor.” New American, 3 December 1991, pages 40-43. A discussion of new evidence of malfeasance in Washington.
Hone, Thomas C. “The Destruction of the Battle Line at Pearl Harbor.” United States Naval Institute Proceedings, December 1977.
Hosoya, Chihiro. “Miscalculations in Deterrent Policy: Japanese-U.S. Relations, 1938-1941.” Journal of Peace Research, 2 November 1968.
Ingram, Jane H. “The Great Deceivers: FDR and the ‘Infamy’ behind Pearl Harbor. New American, 9 December 1996, pages 29-36. This article accuses Roosevelt and Churchill of conspiring to get America into the war in order to keep Hitler from destroying the USSR and ultimately to create the UN as a foundation for a one-world government.
Kimball, Warren F. “Churchill and Roosevelt: The Personal Equation.” Prologue: The Journal of the National Archives, Fall 1974, pages 169-82.
Kirchwey, Freda. “Partners in Guilt.” The Nation, 27 December 1941.
-----. “The Fruits of Appeasement.” The Nation, 13 December 1941.
Kitteredge, Capt. T. S. “The Muddle Before Pearl Harbor.” U.S. News & World Report, 3 December 1954. The author is a Navy historian, and his work is very detailed on the letters passed back and forth from Washington and Pearl Harbor before the attack. He argues the official line that Stark and Marshall didn’t know what was coming, and that Kimmel and Short had all the information they needed to be prepared and therefore were without excuse.
Kissinger, Henry A. “Arms Control Inspection and Surprise Attack.” Foreign Affairs, July 1960.
Knaefler, Tomi. “Divided Families.” A series of articles running in Honolulu Star-Bulletin during December 1966.
Lerner, Max. “The Margin of Waste.” The New Republic, 26 January 1942.
Mackay, Margaret Mackprang. “Honolulu Flashes.” Asia, April 1942.
Manion, Dean Clarence. “An Interview with Admiral Kimmel.” The Journal of Historical Review, Winter 1991, pages 495-499. Although printed in a periodical that also prints articles supporting Holocaust denial, this interview with Admiral Kimmel appears to be a relatively trustworthy piece. It includes an introduction almost as long as the interview itself.
Miles, Sherman. “Pearl Harbor in Retrospect.” Atlantic Monthly, July 1948, pages 65-72.
Mitchell, Donald W. “What the Navy Can Do.” The Nation, 20 December 1941.
Morison, Samuel Eliot. “The Lessons of Pearl Harbor.” Saturday Evening Post, 26 October 1941.
-----. “Did Roosevelt Start the War: History Through a Beard.” Atlantic Monthly, August 1948, pages 91-97.
Nash, Ernest T. “Understanding the Japanese.” New York Herald Tribune, 18 June 1942.
Nomura, Admiral Kichisaburo. “Stepping-Stones to War.” United States Naval Institute Proceedings, September 1951.
Oi, Atsushi. “Why Japan’s Anti-Submarine Warfare Failed.” United States Naval Institute Proceedings, June 1952.
Pearl Harbor-Gram. Newsletter of the Pearl Harbor Survivors Association.
Perkins, Dexter. “Was Roosevelt Wrong?” Virginia Quarterly Review, Summer 1954.
Perloff, James. “Pearl Harbor: Hawaii was Surprised, Washington Was Not.” New American, 8 December 1986, pages 25-36. This article is an extensive overview of Administration involvement and the use of “investigations” to cover it up by drawing attention away from the real issues.
Prange, Gordon W. “Tora, Tora, Tora.” Reader’s Digest, October and November 1963.
Pratt, Adm. William V. “We Must Take the Offensive.” Newsweek, 2 March 1942.
Puleston, Captain W. D. “Blunders of World War II.” U.S. News and World Report, 4 February 1955, pages 109-11. Part of an article dealing with mistakes by all sides, it argues that the U.S. Fleet should never have been moved to Pearl Harbor in the first place.
Richardson, David C. “You Decide.” United States Naval Institute Proceedings, December 1991, pages 34-39. A companion article to Edward L. Beach’s “Who’s to Blame?”
Richardson, Seth W. “Why Were We Caught Napping at Pearl Harbor?” Saturday Evening Post, 24 May 1947.
Russell, Maj. Gen. H. D. “More Light on Pearl Harbor.” U.S. News & World Report, 7 May 1954, pages 30-32. This article is a rebuttal of Admiral Theobald’s book (above) and argues that most of the data presented by Theobald is irrelevant to the argument.
Sansom, Sir George. “Japan’s Fatal Blunder.” International Affairs, October 1948.
Shaw, Brig. Gen. Samuel R. “Marine Barracks, Navy Yard Pearl Harbor, December 1941.” Shipmate, December 1973.
Shearer, Lloyd. “Takeo Yoshikawa: The Japanese Spy Who Fingered Pearl Harbor.” Parade, 7 December 1969.
Singer, J. David. “Surprise Attack.” The Nation, 30 January 1960.
Stewart, Lt. Comm. A. J. “Those Mysterious Subs.” United States Naval Institute Proceedings, December 1974.
Strong, Mary Katherine. “Washington at Pearl Harbor.” Current History, February 1946.
Taylor, Telford. “Day of Infamy, Decades of Doubt.” The New York Times, 29 April 1984.
Tolley, Kemp. “The Strange Assignment of the U.S.S. Lanikai.” United States Naval Institute Proceedings, September 1962, pages 70-83.
-----. “Admiral-Ambassador Standley.” Shipmate, September 1977, pages 27-29.
Truman, Harry S. “Our Armed Forces Must Be Unified.” Collier’s, 26 August 1944, pages 16, 63-64.
Waldrop, Frank C. “It’s Still Question Time.” Washington Times-Herald, 26 January 1942.
Warren, Spencer. “Why America Slept.” National Review, 16 December 1991, pages 34-36. This article discusses Pearl Harbor revisionism but doesn’t take sides.
Weaver, Bill. “Kentuckian Under Fire: Admiral Kimmel and the Pearl Harbor Controversy.” The Filson Club History Quarterly, April 1983 pages 151-174. This article is an extensive and sympathetic discussion of the treatment of Admiral Kimmel by the U.S. government.
“Where Were You...?” Newsweek, 12 December 1966, pages 36-49. This lengthy popular article looks back at where notable individuals were at the time of the attack, and then discusses their activities at the time of the article’s writing. It includes an amusing tidbit about Admiral Kimmel’s refusal to be interviewed.
Yoshikawa, Takeo. “Top Secret Assignments.” U.S. Naval Institute Proceedings, Volume 86, December 1960, pages 27-36.