Download or read book The Shadow of Pearl Harbor written by Martin V. Melosi and published by Texas A&M University Press. This book was released on 1977 with total page 206 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Japanese surprise attack on U.S. forces in Hawaii on December 7, 1941, came as a tremendous shock to Americans. Accustomed to success and victory in every aspect of life, they found the Pearl Harbor disaster nearly impossible to understand. Thus, almost immediately the search began for a simple explanation why the United States was unprepared and why it should succumb in battle to a foe long considered inferior.