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On 7 December 1941, the United States suffered a strategic shock that has been explained ever since as either an intelligence failure or an inevitable tragedy. Pearl Harbor: The Day America Woke Up argues that the attack is better understood as the product of interacting choices: Japanese leaders seeking a decisive opening under constraint, and American leaders attempting deterrence while managing escalation risk, all within institutions that turned ambiguous warning into routine. The result was not ignorance, but a fatal mismatch between what was known, what was believed, and what was acted upon. Kenji Takahiro traces how operational planning and doctrine made surprise achievable, and how peacetime assumptions made vulnerability durable. By following the pathways of political signalling and the institutional realities of intelligence interpretation, the book shows why alerts did not translate into readiness, even when conflict was expected. It also examines the role of naval doctrine in shaping what each side considered plausible: what kinds of attacks seemed feasible, what targets mattered most, and what a "disabling blow" was supposed to accomplish politically. Written for students, general readers, historians, and analysts of crisis decision-making, the book avoids hindsight certainty while still demanding clarity about mechanism. It explains how surprise is created, why warning systems fail in predictable ways, and how strategic miscalculation can coexist with operational brilliance. Readers finish with a practical framework for analysing shock events: how to map intent and constraints, test assumptions, and separate tactical success from strategic outcomes when the future is still unknown.

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Format: paperback
ASIN: 9377945771
Category: Books > Subjects > Health, Family & Lifestyle > Psychology & Psychiatry > Social & Developmental Psychology > Social
Domain: Amazon UK
Release Date: 15 March 2026
Listed Since: 07 April 2026

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