Takuma Melber teaches history and transcultural studies at Heidelberg University.

Prologue
I. The background
1. The road to Pearl Harbor
2. The crisis intensifies
3. Japan's proposals for resolving the conflict
4. The Hull Note
II. The Japanese war plan
1. Admiral Yamamoto and Operation Hawaii
2. The plan of attack
3. The Kid Butai sets sail
4. Japanese spies in Hawaii
5. The first encounter
III. The attack
1. The first wave
2. 'Tora Tora Tora'
3. Battleship Row in crossfire
4. The second attack wave
5. Egusa's dive bombers
IV. Consequences
1. The aftermath
2. The USA enters the war
3. The first prisoner-of-war
4. The Japanese-born victims of Pearl Harbor
5. Could Pearl Harbor have been prevented?
6. Conspiracy theories
7. Operation K
Epilogue
Select Bibliography
Notes
Index