Read the book and my following post re my uncle.
I haven't read the book but as I already pointed out, forces at Pearl had been on high alert but stood down in November when the Japanese peace delegation went to Washington.
The battleship was still thought of as king of the sea and U.S. navy thinking was that patrols would detect an approaching enemy fleet in time for the American fleet to set sail and met it in classic manner on the high seas.
That U.S. fighters were lined up wingtip to wingtip was to make them easier to protect against saboteurs.