8 Press Release, December 8, 1941, Official File, World War II, OF4675, Box 1, Franklin D. Roosevelt Library.
9 Davis, FDR: The War President, 349–350.
10 Frank Freidel, Franklin D. Roosevelt: A Rendezvous with Destiny (New York: Little, Brown, 1990), 408.
11 Emily S. Rosenberg, A Date Which Will Live: Pearl Harbor in American Memory (Durham: Duke University Press, 2003), 174–176.
12 “Proclamation 8089—National Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day, 2006,” Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents, December 11, 2006, 2119–2120.
INDEX
Acheson, Dean
Air attack, and White House security
Alarm system, and White House security
Alien Registration Act
Alien residents
Allies of World War II,. See also individual countries
America First Committee
Army (U.S.)
expansion of
Associated Press
Atlanta Journal
Atlantic Charter
Austin, Warren R.
Austria
Backdoor theory. See also Conspiracy theories
Barkley, Alben
Battle slogans
Battleship Row
Beardall, John
Belgium
Bellows airfield
Biddle, Francis
and cabinet war briefing
and Japanese Americans
Blackout, and White House security
Bland, W. H. P.
Blitzkrieg strategy
Bloch, Claude
Bloom, Sol
Bomb barrier, and White House security
Bomb shelter, and White House security
Bomb threats, and White House security
Bombs, armor piercing
Borah, William
Bratton, Rufus
British Malaya
Bulletproof glass, and White House Security
Bullitt, William
Bureau of Engraving and Printing
Bush, George W.
California
Capone, Al
Casualties, of Pearl Harbor attack
and congressional leaders, FDR’s address to
Censorship
Central America
China
occupation of
Churchill, Winston
and declaration of war against Germany
and declaration of war against Japan
and FDR, letters between
and FDR, meetings between
and FDR, phone calls between
and FDR’s war address
and Hopkins
and Japan
radio messages of
and U.S. intervention
and war resolution (U.S.), passage of
Civil liberties violations
Clark Field
Cleveland, Grover
Clinton, Bill
Coca-Cola
Cocaine
Cocktail hour, in Oval Study
Code machines (Japanese), destruction of
Committee to Defend America by Aiding the Allies
Communications system
and White House security
Communism
Congress (U.S.)
FDR’s address to
and war resolution, passage of
Congressional leaders, FDR’s address to
Connally, Tom
Conspiracy theories
Constitution
Cooper, Jere
Counterattack
Cox, James
Creel, George
Custodial Detention Lists
Czechoslovakia
Daly, John
Damage reports
and congressional leaders, FDR’s address to
and incomplete information
and misinformation and rumors
Deception
Declaration of war
against Germany
against Japan
against U.S.
and World War I,
Democratic Convention (1924), FDR’s speech at
Democratic Convention (1928), FDR’s speech at
Denmark
Destroyers-for-bases deal
DeWitt, John
Dingell, John
Dirksen, Everett
Dixon, Frank M.
Documents, of presidential administrations
Domestic terrorism
Donovan, William “Wild Bill,”
Earle, Mrs. John
Early, Steve
and cabinet war briefing
and damage reports
and damage reports, and misinformation and rumors
and press, censorship of
and reports of Pearl Harbor, attack on
and White House security
East Coast, and Japanese invasion, fear of
Eaton, Charles
Economic expansion (U.S.)
Election (1940)
Elizalde, Joaquim
Ellis Island
Embargo
Emergency Proclamation 2525
Ethiopia
Ewa airfield
Executive Order 9066
Export license
Fahy, Charles
Far East
FBI (Federal Bureau of Investigation)
FDR Library
Federal Bureau of Investigation. See FBI
Fire prevention, and White House security
Fireside chats. See also Radio messages
First ladies, role of
Fish, Hamilton
Ford Island
Foreign Service officers
Formosa
Fourteen-part Japanese message
and fourteenth-part
France
defeat of
Franco, Francisco
Freud, Sigmund
Fuchida, Mitsuo
and surprise, element of
and tactical miscue
Gas masks, and White House security
Gaston, Herbert E.
Genda, Minoru (aka Mad Genda)
military strategy of
and surprise, element of
German Americans
Germany
declaration of war against
and declaration of war against U.S.
and nonaggression pact
and Pearl Harbor, attack on
as primary threat
Gerow, Leonard
Gill, Jesse
Glass, Carter
Government officials
Grayson, Cary
Great Britain
and declaration of war against Japan
and destroyers-for-bases deal
and Panama Canal
U.S. aid to
Great Depression
Greater East Asian Co-Prosperity Sphere
Green, William
Greene, Jerry
Grew, Joseph
Griffith Stadium
Grossan, Murray
Guam
Hachimaki
Hackmeister, Louise “Hackie,”
Hagel, Charles
Hagy, Robert
Halifax, Lord
Hamlin, Mrs. Charles
Harriman, Averell
Hart, Moss
Hawaii
Japanese Americans in
and Japanese invasion, fear of
public anxiety in
Herald American
Hickam Field
Hill, Lister
Hirohito (emperor of Japan)
FDR’s appeal to
and oil embargo
and peace talks
and war order
Hitler, Adolf
and declaration of war against U.S.
and Great Britain
and Latin America
military strategy of
and Pearl Harbor, attack on
and power consolidation
as primary threat
and public opinion (U.S.)
<
br /> and Russia
and Spain
and territorial expansion
and U.S.
Hoffman, Clare
Hong Kong
Hoover, Herbert
Hopkins, Harry
and Churchill
and congressional leaders, FDR’s address to
and damage reports
and FDR’s radio messages
as FDR’s special assistant
and FDR’s war address
and fourteen-part Japanese message
as friend of FDR
illness of
and Japan’s target, speculation about
and Murrow
and Pearl Harbor, attack on, naval officials’ announcement of
as permanent White House guest
resentment toward
as secretary of commerce
House Concurrent Resolution 61
Houston, Sam
Howe, Louis
Hull, Cordell
and congressional leaders, FDR’s address to
and damage report
and FDR’s radio messages
and FDR’s war address
and hard line proposal
and Japan’s target, speculation about
and Nomura
and peace talks
and Pearl Harbor, attack on, naval officials’ announcement of
and White House security
Ickes, Harold
Immigration, Japanese
Income tax
Indochina
Information, control of
International News Service
Internationalism
Iron exports
Isolationism
Isolationists
and America First Committee
Italian Americans
Italy
and declaration of war against U.S.
Japan
and attack order
and Churchill
and compromise, with U.S.
declaration of war against
and first Japanese attack wave
fourteen-part message from
Hull’s hard line proposal to
invasion by, fear of
and oil embargo
and oil embargo negotiations
and oil fields, seizure of
and oil imports, dependence on
and peace talks
and second Japanese attack wave
as secondary threat
target of, speculation about
and territorial aggression
Japanese ambassadors
Japanese Americans
and civil liberties violations
detainment of
economic warfare against businesses of
in Hawaii
internment of
and martial law
and racial prejudice
and sabotage, fear of
on West Coast
Japanese correspondents
Japanese immigration
Jefferson, Capp
Jews, persecution of
Johnson, Hiram
Johnson, Keen
Josephson, Jordan S.
Justice Department
Aliens Division
and Japanese Americans
Kagoshima Bay
Kaneohe airfield
Kansas City Times
Kaufman, George S.
Keen, William
Kelly, Ed
Kennedy, John F.
Khota Baru
Kibei
Kimmel, Husband
Kluckhohn, Frank
Knox, Frank
and cabinet war briefing
and congressional leaders, FDR’s address to
and damage report
and fourteen-part Japanese message
and Japan’s target, speculation about
and Pearl Harbor, attack on, naval officials’ announcement of
Konoye, Fumimaro
Kota Bharu
Krock, Arthur
Kurusu, Saburo
and peace talks
LaGuardia, Fiorello
Landon, Alf
Latin America
Leadership
League of Nations
LeHand, Marguerite “Missy,”
Lend Lease proposal
Lend-Lease Program
Lewis, John L.
Lincoln, Abraham
Lindbergh, Charles
Lindley, Ernest
Lofgren, Robert
Los Angeles Times
Lovett, Robert Williamson
Luxembourg
MacArthur, Douglas
and military failure
MacLeish, Archibald
Mahan, Alfred T.
Mail and package room, and White House security
Manchuria
Manila. See also Philippines
Marshall, George
as brigadier general
as chief of staff
and damage reports
and FDR’s war address
and military strategy
and Philippines
and warning message
Marshall, John
Martial law
Martin, Joseph
McCormack, John
McIntire, Ross T.
McIntyre, Marvin
McNary, Charles
Mein Kampf (Hitler)
Mercer, Lucy
Midway Islands
Military, failure of
Military intelligence
and misinformation and rumors
Military recruitment
Military strategy
of Hitler
Japanese
U.S.
Misinformation and rumors
and damage reports
and press
Moley, Raymond
Monroe Doctrine
Morgenthau, Henry
and Japanese Americans
and oil embargo
and White House security
Movie theaters
Munson, Curtis B.
Murray, Philip
Murrow, Edward R.
Mussolini, Benito
and Pearl Harbor, attack on
and U.S.
Nagumo (admiral)
Nanking, China
National unity
Navy (U.S.)
expansion of
inferiority of
Nazis
and Jews, persecution of
Nesbitt, Henrietta
Netherlands
Neutrality Act
Neutrality legislation
New Deal
and Connally
and Knox
and Wilkie
New York Times
News, control of
News reports. See also Newspapers; Press; Radio messages
Newspapers
and self-censorship
See also News reports
Nisei
Nomura, Kichisaburo
Nonaggression pact
Norris, George
Norway
Nye, Gerald P.
Oakland Tribune
Office of Naval Intelligence
Oil embargo
and export license
limited
negotiations
Oil fields, seizure of
Oil imports
Operation Barbarossa
Organized labor
Oval Study
Pacific Fleet, relocation of
Panama Canal
Partisan differences
Peace talks
Pearl Harbor
as citadel
oil-storage facilities at
shipyards at
Pearl Harbor, attack on
and America First Committee
Pearl Harbor, attack on (continued)
blame for
blame for, and failure of military
blame for, and FDR
casualties of
and C
hurchill
and congressional investigation
and congressional leaders, FDR’s address to
and conspiracy theories
and counterattack
damage to(see also Damage reports)
and fact-finding commission
and FDR’s cabinet war briefing
first public response to
and Germany
and Hitler
and Marshall’s warning message
and military, failure of
and misinformation and rumors
and Mussolini
and national unity, in U.S.
naval officials’ announcement of
news reports of(see also Damage reports; individual news sources)
as opportunity to enter war
and political divisions, dissolution of
and public anxiety
restoration and repair of
and Roosevelt (Eleanor)
and September 11 attack
as strategic blunder
Perkins, Frances
Philadelphia Record
Philippines
and MacArthur
and surprise, element of
Physician. See White House physician
Poindexter, Joseph B.
Poland
Police officers. See also Secret Service
Political divisions
Power, centralization of
Power plant, and White House security
Presidency, changes to institution of
Presidential election (1940)
Presidential protection
and alien residents
See also White House security
Press
censorship of
and FDR’s war address
and misinformation and rumors
and national unity
and self-censorship
and September 11 attack
See also News reports
Press secretary
Prettyman, Arthur
Public anxiety
Public morale
Public opinion
and Hitler
and Japan as little threat
Racial prejudice
and Japanese Americans
Radio message(s)
of Churchill
of FDR
first war
of Roosevelt (Eleanor)
See also News reports
Rainbow Five
Rankin, Jeanette
Rayburn, Sam
and FDR’s war address
Reilly, Mike
and security changes
Rhineland
Roberts, Owen
Roosevelt, Eleanor
childhood of
during early years–marriage and family
and FDR, public partnership between
and FDR’s extramarital affair
and FDR’s health issues
and FDR’s war address
and Murrow
and Pearl Harbor, attack on
radio messages of
role of
temperament of
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