Pearl Harbor

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The losses inflicted on the U.S. fleet in 1941 at Pearl Harbor by the Japanese, in whose navy Mahan was required reading, were soon replaced, and then some.

From Barron's • Jun. 5, 2026

What the other-than-chronological approach here entails is a certain redundancy—when the subject is the Pacific sea war, for instance, there’s a necessary return to Pearl Harbor, which has already been covered.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 21, 2026

Pearl Harbor put an end to all that when Hitler foolishly declared war on the United States four days after the Japanese attack.

From Salon • May 21, 2026

The Pearl Harbor attack of Dec. 7, 1941, brought the S&P down by 11% over the following three months — but one year later the market was up by 4.3%.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 3, 2026

I recently ran across a marvelous book by the historian Roberta Wohlstetter called Pearl Harbor: Warning and Decision.

From "Blink" by Malcolm Gladwell