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Discusses the trip undertaken in 1905 by Secretary of War William Howard Taft on a diplomatic mission for U.S. President Teddy Roosevelt to Hawaii, Japan, the Philippines, China, and Korea, revealing the secret agreements Taft made in Roosevelt's name.

Presents twenty-three firsthand accounts of the 1941 Pearl Harbor attack and its aftermath, each with an introduction, and includes an introductory overview of the attack, a chronology, and a further reading list.

Examines from both the American and Japanese points of view the political and military events leading up to the attack on Pearl Harbor.

Traces events leading up to and resulting from the December 7, 1941, Japanese attack on American battleships at Pearl Harbor, which brought the United States into World War II.

An exploration of the 1941 attack on Pearl Harbor that describes events leading to the bombing, Japanese expansionism, the aftermath, and how the day is remembered.

Details the true story of Nakahama Manjiro, a young Japanese boy who in 1841 was shipwrecked along with three friends and rescued by the captain of an American whaling ship.

In 1841, rescued by an American whaler after a terrible shipwreck leaves him and his four companions castaways on a remote island, fourteen-year-old Manjiro, who dreams of becoming a samurai, learns new laws and customs as he becomes the first Japanese person to set foot in the United States.

Discusses the buildup of the Japanese military, the move of America's Pacific fleet to Hawaii, and relations between the two nations prior to the attack on Pearl Harbor, which drew the United States into World War II.

Discusses the trip undertaken in 1905 by Secretary of War William Howard Taft on a diplomatic mission for U.S. President Teddy Roosevelt to Hawaii, Japan, the Philippines, China, and Korea, revealing the secret agreements Taft made in Roosevelt's name.