Pearl Harbor in Context

The Secrecy of Pearl Harbor

Closing the Book on Pearl Harbor

Recent attempts to resuscitate well-worn conspiracy theories concerning the Pearl Harbor attack are based on selective reading of documentary evidence and ignore conclusive, recently declassified materials which show that JN-25 and other Japanese naval codes were not being read by U. S. Navy codebreakers prior to the Japanese attack.

Probabilistic Warnings in National Security Crises: Pearl Harbor Revisited

Imagine a situation where a group of adversaries is preparing an attack on the United States or U.S. interests. An intelligence analyst has observed some signals, but the situation is rapidly changing. The analyst faces the decision to alert a principal decision maker that an attack is imminent, or to wait until more is known about the situation. This warning decision is based on the analyst's ...

Bacterial Metabolism, Aromatic Biodegradation, and Lignin Biogeochemistry in Sediment Cores from Pearl Harbor, Hawaii

Battle of the Atlantic: Military and Medical Role of Northern Ireland (After Pearl Harbor)

After Pearl Harbor1 I1 asked whether an American Catalina Pilot had really found the Bismarck. I was informed that he was Ensign L.B. Smith, U.S. Navy, stationed with 209 Squadron, R.A.F. Coastal Command at Lough Erne. He sighted the Bismarck 550 miles west of Land’s End. Two other U.S. Navy Ensign pilots of R.A.F. Catalinas took over shadowing the Bismarck on 26 May 19412,3. Much later I learn...