Pearl Harbor was supposed to serve as a lesson that American popular disapproval for going to war should not have allowed its government to fail in preparing for one. Yet that attack, particularly, has established a unique legacy in American history. Pearl Harbor has many lessons, but one of those lessons is the need to critically imagine possibilities, and to think hard. Americans are largely unfocused about defense policy, and even foreign affairs. This may be an era where the old World War II consensus is breaking down.
Lessons Never Learned From Pearl Harbor
