Details the Japanese thought process leading up to, during, and after the attack that changed the world.

Includes index. Includes maps of: Map Used to Brief Emperor Hirohito on December 27, 1941; Planned Track of Carrier Striking Task Force for Pearl Harbor Attack; Tracing Course Chart for Destroyer Akigumo; Course Planned for the Task Force (Hitokappu Bay-Hawaii-Hiroshima Bay). Maps on lining papers. Copy 2 is first paperback edition (2000), with same pagination. "Includes the Full-Color Map Used to Brief Emperor Hirohito after the attack" -- Cover.

Part I.Plans and preparations for the Pearl Harbor attack -- How the Japanese task force idea materialized / Minoru Genda and Masataka Chihaya -- Affidavit of Minoru Genda -- Analysis no. 1 of the Pearl Harbor attack, Operation AI / Minoru Genda -- Analysis no. 2 of the Pearl Harbor Attack / Minoru Genda -- Diary of Rear Adm. Giichi Nakahara, extracts, 11 August 1941-1 January 1942 -- Extracts from diary and duty book of Capt. Shigeshi Uchida -- Extracts from diary and papers of Comdr. Sadamu Sanagi -- Pearl Harbor operations: general outline of orders and plans -- Part II. Letters of Adm. Isoroku Yamamoto -- Letters from Yamamoto -- Two letters written by Admiral Yamamoto that were considered sufficient to indicate his personal character -- "Admiral Yamamoto's sweetheart" -- Part III. Pearl Harbor -- Rengo Kantai (Combined Fleet), extracts / Ryunosuke Kusaka -- Conquer the Pacific Ocean aboard Destroyer Akigumo: War diary of the Hawaiian battle / Sadao Chigusa -- War diary of the 5th Carrier Division, 1-31 December 1941 -- War diary of the 1st Destroyer Squadron, 1-31 December 1941 -- War diary of the 3d Battleship Division, 4-25 December 1941 -- Submarine operations, extracts, December 1941-April 1942 -- Japanese study of the Pearl Harbor operation -- Part IV. Aftermath -- An intimate look at the Japanese Navy / Masataka Chihaya.