West Wind Clear: Cryptology and the Winds Message Controversy--A Documentary History

Foreword

For historians and many members of the informed public, the Japanese attack on Hawaii provoked "the never-ending story." Multiple official investigations and private historical inquiries into the attack and its background have generated enormous stocks of information about both the American and Japanese sides. It may well be that we know as much about December 7, 1941, as we do about any event in the last century, the Kennedy assassination possibly excepted.

However, even with this virtual mountain chain of data, information gaps still exist, and many important questions remain under discussion or debate.

The discussions and debates are not simply the province of conspiracy buffs. Academics and other researchers interested in World ...