Beth Bailey is Foundation Distinguished Professor,
University of Kansas, and is the author most recently of America’s
Army: Making the All-Volunteer Force.
David Farber is Roy A. Roberts Distinguished
Professor, University of Kansas, and the author of The Rise and
Fall of Modern American Conservatism.
Initial American reaction to the Pearl Harbor attack emphasized
surprise and the failure of military intelligence. Pearl Harbor has
become a symbol of American national unity in the face of external
threat. The Japanese see the attack as the beginning of the end,
the inescapable path toward atomic destruction and a new world
order. Beyond Pearl Harbor reveals a world of different
understandings beyond these. Chinese, Indonesian, Filipino,
Australian, and transnational understandings point to a clash of
empires rather than a binary national conflict. The authors bring
to the foreground long-effaced narratives and suggest a much needed
postcolonial perspective." - Michael Myers, author of The Pacific
War and Contingent Victory: Why Japanese Defeat Was Not
Inevitable
"Bailey and Farber have gathered a collection of insightful,
original essays that deepen and broaden our understanding of the
impact of the Japanese attacks on December 7, 1941. Standard
interpretations focus almost exclusively on the destruction at
Pearl Harbor. Collectively these essays challenge that narrative
and offer a refreshing new perspective that will change forever the
way future historians think about that infamous day. This is a
bold, imaginative, and absolutely essential book." - Steven M.
Gillon, author of Pearl Harbor: FDR Leads the Nation into War
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