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Presents a speech delivered by United States President George W. Bush at the Citadel, Charleston, South Carolina on December 11, 2001. Discussion of the impact of the December 7, 1941 bombing of Pearl Harbor and the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks on the history of the U.S.; Efforts of the U.S. to end terrorism and foster peace through an improved U.S. military, better intelligence, and punishing those with weapons of mass destruction; Importance of the U.S.' relationship with Russia, as well as technology in gathering intelligence.

Assesses the accuracy of the motion picture `Pearl Harbor.' Interviews with survivors of the attack; How the film, which appears to be reasonably faithful to the battle itself, seeks to portray America's loss of innocence; Portrayal of the Japanese; Observations of survivors including James Wire, Finn Askildsen and Theodore Roosevelt.

Previews the motion picture `Pearl Harbor,' directed by Michael Bay. Anticipation over the World War II epic; Background on the making of the movie; Budget for the film; Casting difficulties; Efforts to make the movie as authentic as possible; Creation of the invasion scenes.

Deals with the oil embargo of the United States (U.S.) against Japan which prompted the decision to attack Pearl Harbor in Hawaii in December 1941. Dependence of Japan on outside sources for petroleum products; Actions taken by U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt to retaliate against Japanese expansion; Proposal of Admiral Kichisaburo Nomura to halt Japanese military operations; Factors that hardened the position of each nation.

Perelandra picks up the story of Elwin Ransom as he travels to Venus (Perelandra), a planet that, in biblical terms, has not experienced a fall from divine grace. As he completed his Ransom trilogy, Lewis was taking in child refugees displaced by the Blitz, serving in the Home Guard, and teaching and lecturing young men who would soon be sent into battle. Mystical Perelandra: My Lifelong Reading of C. S. Lewis and His Favorite Book, by James Como (Winged Lion Press, 172 pp., $24.99) THE year 1941, a truly ominous year in the struggle between civilization and barbarism, apparently prompted an obscure Oxford scholar - C. S. Lewis - to think more deeply about the problem of evil in the world, to great literary effect. [Extracted from the article]

A reprint of the article "I Fly for Vengeance," published in the October 10, 1942 issue of the journal is presented. It recounts the author's experience as a fighter pilot who returned to Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941, and nearly singlehandedly engaged the Japanese squadrons. He describes his journey with rear-seat gunner and radioman, W. C. Miller. He relates that his only injury was a slight nick on the anklebone, except for a thorn in his scalp.

The article presents a speech by U.S. Defense Secretary Ashton B. Carter, delivered at the Pacific Command's Change of Command, in Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam in Hawaii on May 27, 2015. Topics include honorary recognition to Navy Admiral Sam Locklear and his successor Harry Harris and Commander Scott Swift, peaceful resolution of dispute in Asia-Pacific and the Pearl Harbon attack. Carter also pointed the U.S. position in the dispute in the South China Sea.

The article offers information on the 77th anniversary of Pearl Harbor attack in Pearl Harbor region of Hawaii during which service members and civilians killed in the Japanese military attack will be honoured and remembered. The topics addressed include details on the former U.S. President Bill Clinton declared December 7, 1994 as the first National Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day.

Presents a pull-out section that chronicles the events surrounding the attack on Pearl Harbor. Outlines other significant battles, including the Battle of Midway and the Battle of Leyte Gulf; A listing of major US figures involved with the Allieddefense, including General Douglas MacArthur, Admiral William Halsey, and Commander in Chief of the Pacific Fleet Chester Nimitz; The duties of Capt. Mitsua Fuchida; War stories.

Discusses why Tokyo militarists went to war at Pearl Harbor with the US, the world's most powerful country, and how that legacy reverberates today. Background on the war; Why the Japanese leaders decided to attack Pearl Harbor; The difference between the Japan of 1991 and that of half a century past; The principal turning points in this historic drama are captured in a sequence of dates from 1853 to 1991.

Details how the Japanese bombs that fell on Pearl Harbor on Dec. 7, 1941 were the seeds of today's America. The social and economic revolution; The ways in which World War II made the US the leading power on the globe; The profits of doom; Shocktroops; The bombing of Hiroshima; The effect singer Frank Sinatra had on teenage women, in particular; What the GI Bill of Rights brought to American colleges; The new gold rush; More.

Presents a special report, recalling the night, 50 years ago, that Pearl Harbor was attacked. How it shocked Americans into the war; The Hawaiian military complex; Death toll; Devastation of the Pacific Fleet; Biographical information on people involved in the war; Its influence on military planning throughout the cold-war era; Route of the raid; George Campbell, petty officer on the repair ship USS Medusa.

This article analyses the impact of Pearl Harbor bombings by Japan during the World War II. The shifting mixture of pride, shame and anxiety evoked by that conflict is underscored in Japanese publications and memorial inscriptions by the use of two contending terms, the Pacific War and the Greater East Asia War. The former has been adopted by those professing mainstream to progressive views and the latter by conservatives and right-wingers. The Japanese historiography of Pearl Harbor and the Fifteen-Year War it so dramatically punctuated reflects the contradictory character of the postwar U.S.-Japan relationship.

Reassesses Japanese Emperor Hirohito's view on Japanese responsibility for the Pearl Harbor Attacks and their aftermath, drawing on translations from diaries and memoirs of Hirohito and his court circle. His efforts to reestablish the throne in Japan; Role of Hirohito as commander-in-chief; Sources of these documents; Their significance, including how they have effected Japanese views on this era; Operations of his court; His failure to abdicate.

Examines new research and arguments that are reshaping historians' view of Japan's rulers before and after Pearl Harbor. Key works on the subject; Complex and contradictory interpretations set forth in them; Role of Emperor Hirohito; Analysis of Japanese culture and politics during the period.

The author talks about the day the U.S. was bombed by the Japanese at Pearl Harbor in Hawaii. He shares his experience of what he was doing when he first learned of the attack. He also discusses the seeming betrayal of the Japanese envoys who were then delivering a diplomatic letter to the U.S. Secretary of State Cordell Hull, how President Franklin Roosevelt acted on the attack, and the intelligence failure at Pearl Harbor as a result of intelligence overload.

Remembers Dec. 7, 1941, which began at 7:58 am, with a radio message, `air raid, Pearl Harbor, this is no drill.' Pearl Harbor was the moment that changed Americans from a nation of provincial innocents into a nation that would often bear the burdens of rescuing the world. The surprise a matter of national illusions; Conflict with Japan over China; Japan's overall strategy; Roosevelt's embargo; Comments from four men who remember Dec. 7, 1941.