[Homer_J_Simpson]

Gordon W. Prange, At Dawn We Slept

[Homer_J_Simpson]

Winston S. Churchill, The Grand Alliance

[BroJoeK]

Prange: "a surprise attack on ships in Pearl Harbor"

Once again, in February 1941, we see that an attack on ships in Pearl Harbor is not considered impossible, unthinkable or unlikely, but is listed as the first possibility preceding a formal declaration of war.

But somehow, by December that year, commanders at all levels had lulled themselves into thinking "it's not going to happen here."

This despite warnings...