The Book Prize Index

Pearl Harbor: Warning and Decision

Roberta Wohlstetter

This account of the Pearl Harbor attack denies that the lack of preparation resulted from military negligence or a political plot

HistoryHistory · high confidenceHistory81 signalsLlm Classifier: History -> HistoryGoogle Books: History -> HistoryKeyword Classifier: War & Military -> War & MilitaryWorld War IIWar & Military Strategy

Award History

1 wins · 1 total

AwardYearResultCategory / Notes
Bancroft PrizeMajor1963WinnerOfficial source
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  1. 01 Central figures

    None extracted with sufficient confidence.

  2. 02 Central places

    • Pearl Harbor90%

  3. 03 Suggested argument

    The book argues that the lack of preparation for the attack was not caused by military negligence or by a political plot.

    Model confidence 62%

  4. 04 Reading orientation

    62 / 100 academic

    Academic

    An estimate of intended readership and scholarly apparatus—not quality or importance.

Confidence percentages are the model's own estimates. Profile confidence: 70%.