THE ATTACK ON PEARL HARBOR

Book ID/图书代码： 02820014B67967

English Summary/英文概要： * Questions never before asked or answered on the Japanese attack from an operational and tactical perspective The attack on Pearl Harbor on 7 December, 1941, has been portrayed by historians as a dazzling success, brilliantly conceived and meticulously plannedA". With most historians concentrating on command errors and the story of participants’ experiences, this book presents a detailed evaluation of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor on an operational and tactical level. It examines such questions as: Was the strategy underlying the attack sound? Were there flaws in planning or execution? How did Japanese military culture influence the planning? How risky was the attack? What did the Japanese expect to achieve, balanced against what they did achieve? What might have been the results if the attack had not benefited from the mistakes of the American commanders? The book also addresses the body of folklore about the attack, supporting or challenging many contentious issues such as the skill level of the Japanese aircrew, whether midget submarines torpedoed Oklahoma and Arizona, as has been recently claimed, whether the Japanese ever really considered launching a third wave attack, and what the consequences might have been. In addition, the analysis has detected for the first time a body of deceptions that a prominent Japanese participant in the attack placed into the historical record, most likely to conceal his blunders and enhance his reputation. The centrepiece of the book is an analysis using modern Operations Research methods and computer simulations, as well as combat models developed between 1922 and 1946 at the U.S. Naval War College. The analysis puts a new light on the strategy and tactics employed by Yamamoto to open the Pacific War, and a dramatically different appraisal of the effectiveness of the attack on Pearl Harbor.

Chinese Summary/中文概要： 对于日本袭击的问题，从来没有被问及或者回答过，从战役和战术的角度，1941年12月7日的珍珠港事件，被历史学家刻画为巨大的成功、别具匠心、精心一流的计划。大部分的历史学家专注于指挥错误以及执行者的经验故事，本书从战役和战术的层面，展现了日本袭击珍珠港事件的详细的评估报告。该书审查了一下的问题，例如：袭击背后的战略有用么？计划及执行的过程中有纰漏么？日本军事文化是如何影响该次计划的？袭击的风险有多大？日本期待得到什么，想要和他们已经获得的相制衡么？如果该次袭击不是因为美国指挥官的失误，那么结果又会怎样呢？书中还记载了关于本次袭击的坊间传闻，支持或者质疑许多有争议的问题，例如日本机组的技术水平、小型潜艇鱼雷是否击中过俄克拉荷马州和亚利桑那州，就如近来宣称的，日本是否真的考虑过发动第三波的袭击以及结果会如何。另外，分析也第一次用来检测一位著名的列入历史记录的本次袭击的日本参与者，很有可能要掩盖他的失误和提高他的声誉的欺骗行为。本书的中心是分析，运用现代操作研究方法和计算机模拟系统以及美国海军战争学院在1922年至1946年间开发的实战模型。该分析注重了山本用来进行太平洋战争的战术和战略，以及对珍珠港事件的有效性的完全不同的评价。(LNL)

Awards/获奖情况：Alan D.Zimm不仅挖掘出初级和次级的关于袭击的详细分析，而且展现了他的许多发现，不只是从美国的角度，更主要的而且最有趣的是从日本的角度，接近事件的本质。------www.globeatwar.com，2011年7月

他的书不是对一个熟悉故事的简单复述，而是呈现出关于日本的袭击计划、准备和执行的深入研究，侧重于不被其他历史学家所重视的因素。----论文集，2011年8月

关于1941年珍珠港袭击事件的书籍并不缺乏，由操作分析员，约翰霍普金斯大学应用物理实验室的航空系统和先进理念集团的首脑，写的这本书，对日本运作的计划和执行的分析，探讨了这个主题。-----海的力量，2011年9月

绝对要读Alan Zimm的《袭击珍珠港》，就能更充分、更及时的了解此次改变历史并仍然有吸引力的事件。-----密歇根战争研究评论，2011年9月

在这本杰出的新作中，Allan D.Zimm介绍了细致的分析，估计Short和Kimmel负责的珍珠港空中防御在袭击之前就已经处于警备状态，日本方面354架飞机，可能损失了307架，损失率为88%。------总军事官，2012年1月。

Alan D. Zimm has not only mined a treasure trove of primary and secondary sources to produce a detailed analysis of the attack, but also presents much of his findings from not just the US standpoint, but predominately, and most interestingly, approaches the subject matter from the Japanese point of view --www.globeatwar.com, July 2011

His book is far from a simple retelling of a familiar tale; instead, he has presented an in-depth study of the Japanese planning, preparation, and execution of the attack, with particular focus on factors not thoroughly considered by other historians, if at all. --Proceedings, August 2011

There is no shortage of books about the 1941 attack on Pearl Harbor, but this one - by an operations analyst, the head of the Aviation Systems and Advanced Concepts Group in the John Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory - approaches the subject as an analysis of the Japanese operational planning and execution. --Seapower, September 2011

... definitely read Alan Zimm’s Attack on Pearl Harbor for a fuller and more up-to-date understanding of an event that changed history and continues to fascinate. --Michigan War Studies Review, September 2011

Alan D. Zimm, in his outstanding new book, presents meticulous analysis estimating that had Short and Kimmel ensured Pearl Harbour s air defenses were on alert prior to the atttack, the Japanese might have lost as many as 307 of 354 planes - an 88 percent loss rate . --Armchair General, January 2012

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