Reexamines the attack on Pearl Harbor as refracted through the lens of present -day Hawaii.

Includes maps of: Oahu, 1941; Attack; Honolulu, 1941; Pearl Harbor, December 7, 1941. Maps on lining papers.

Preface : April 1990. At the four paddle condominium -- pt. I. December 5, 1941. Great white ship leaves Honolulu -- Vic-consul Morimura sees the sights -- George Akita delivers a speech -- From Walter Dillingham's window -- pt. II. December 6, 1941. Omens are seen -- Submariners' wives throw a party -- Alerted for sabotage -- "Supreme overconfidence of a great athlete" -- Mrs. Mori talks to Tokyo -- Ensign Yoshikawa's last cable -- White river flows down Hotel Street -- pt. III. December 7, 1941. Hawaii takes a deep breath -- Maneuvers are realistic -- "Warm air of an unending summer land" -- "Voice from the bottom of the sea" -- Arizona opens like a flower -- "Little yellow bastards" destroy the Army Air Force -- "Once a Japanese, always a Japanese" -- "Deep shock wave" is felt -- "How could they do this to me?" -- United States Navy shells Honolulu -- A list Japanese pack their bags -- "Deep, powerful thirst for revenge" -- "No can eat golf balls!" -- pt. IV. 1990. "Now we're an American city" -- Postscript : Wymo Takaki revisits Japan.