Pearl Harbor
Writing some 15 years after the Japanese attack, William F. Friedman said that the Battle of Pearl Harbor is still being fought but the adversaries this time are all Americans.
This statement is almost as true today as it was in the 1950s.
On a par with theories about the Kennedy Assassination, the attack on Pearl Harbor continues to draw allegations of conspiracy, treason, and cover-up. The number of books written about the attack, each purporting to tell the final truth, would fill a small library.
The following is not intended to be a comprehensive treatment of the Japanese attack on Hawaii. Instead, this article will try to draw together the earlier articles in this series about COMINT in the pre-war period, and tell the general story of December 7, 1941, the most momentous day for America in the Twentieth Century!