The Strategic Significance of the Japanese Attack on Pearl Harbor

The Strategic Significance of the Japanese Attack on Pearl Harbor will not dwell on the attack itself as opposed to the why? Why did the Japanese attack a sleeping U.S. Pacific Fleet in Hawaii? This is addressed with the following course of events:

1. The rise of Japan as an imperialist power
2. The resulting friction in the world's largest ocean, with another power taking its place on the world stage, the United States
3. The decisive importance of OIL
4. The strategic significance of naval power
5. The tumultuous decade ofthe-1930's 
6. Why December 1941 was the turning point of the war        

Mark Albertson is the historical research editor at Army Aviation magazine; and, the historian for the Army Aviation Association of America. He has authored six books including: USS Connecticut: Constitution State Battleship, They'll Have to Follow You! The Triumph of the Great White Fleet and On History: A Treatise.