Pearl Harbor After a Quarter of a Century

The surprise Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941, is regarded by most persons who recall it at all as an isolated dramatic episode, now consigned to political and military archeology. Quite to the contrary, on account of our entry Into the war, it became one of the most decisive battles in the history of the human race. It has already proved far more so than any of the “fifteen decisive battles” immortalized by Sir Edward Creasy.

Volume 4, Number 1 (1968)