Chapter 1. Historical background on the attack on Pearl Harbor
1. The attack on Pearl Harbor / Michael J. O'Neal
2. Japan weighs its options in pursuing war in the Pacific / Giichi Nakahara
3. The president asks Congress to declare war against Japan / Franklin D. Roosevelt
4. U.S. citizens react to the attack on Pearl Harbor and their country's entry into the war / interviews by Paul Martin
5. The U.S. government interns people of Japanese descent / Western Defense Command, U.S. Army
Chapter 2. Controversies surrounding the attack on Pearl Harbor
1. The Roosevelt administration made scapegoats of the military commanders in Hawaii / George Morgenstern
2. All U.S. citizens must take responsibility for the lack of national preparedness / Thomas E. Dewey
3. The U.S. government did not receive warning messages until after the attack on Pearl Harbor began / Kendrick Frazier
4. President Roosevelt did not provoke the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor / Kevin Baker
5. Japanese naval blunders followed the Pearl Harbor attack / Masataka Chihaya
6. The lessons of Pearl Harbor drove Cold War policy in the United States / Takuya Sasaki
7. The Pearl Harbor Memorial is a space of conflicting histories / Liz Reed
8. The Pearl Harbor Memorial evokes sorrow and solidarity for Japanese visitors / Yujin Yaguchi
9. Parallels between Pearl Harbor and 9/11 / Emily S. Rosenberg
Chapter 3. Personal narratives
1. A veteran describes the attack on Pearl Harbor and its aftermath / L.E. Rogers
2. A Japanese American recounts the impact of Pearl Harbor on his parents / Charles Shiro Inouye
3. A young seaman recounts the sinking of the USS Arizona / Martin Matthews
4. A Japanese American citizen describes internment and his decision to join the Army / Minoru Masuda.
