Includes bibliographical references (pages [191]-212) and index.
Contents
"Your boys are not going to be sent into any foreign wars" -- "Do not let the talks deteriorate -- "This means war" -- "This is no drill!" -- "Have you heard the news?" -- "I don't know how secure this phone is" -- "Infamy" -- "Get to the White House fastasyoucan" -- "Do you think we ought to have soldiers around the White House?" -- "We are all in the same boat now" -- "I will go down in disgrace" -- "Deadly calm" -- "1861" -- "Where were our forces-- asleep?" -- "I hope Mr. Capone doesn't mind" -- Epilogue.
Summary
Explores the anxious and emotional events surrounding the attack on Pearl Harbor, showing how the president and the American public responded in the pivotal hours that followed the attack.