CONTENTS

Introduction

PROLOGUE   Dreadful Sunday

PART ONE: PEACEFUL COAST

ONE   Three States on the Eve of War

TWO   The General: John Lesesne DeWitt

THREE   An Army Before Dawn

FOUR   DeWitt’s Army

FIVE   A Distant, Vulnerable Land

PART TWO: ON THE FRONTIER OF A GREAT WAR

SIX   The Sudden Darkness of Fear

SEVEN   The Unthinkable Realization

EIGHT   A Theater of Woeful Shortages

NINE   The Japanese Next Door

TEN   The Battle of the California Coast

ELEVEN   The Spies Next Door

TWELVE   Into the Cold Uncertainty of a New Year

THIRTEEN   In a Climate of Fear

FOURTEEN   The Cactuses of Goleta

FIFTEEN   The Battle of Los Angeles

SIXTEEN   The Boss Out Here

SEVENTEEN   Hidden in Plane Sight

EIGHTEEN   Illusion in the Emerald City

NINETEEN   The Great Japanese Offensive

TWENTY   The Submarines Return

TWENTY-ONE   Bringing the War Ashore

TWENTY-TWO   The Final Blows Came from the Sky

TWENTY-THREE   The Waning Power of the Boss

PART THREE: WHAT MIGHT HAVE BEEN

TWENTY-FOUR   Pacific Vision

TWENTY-FIVE   Invasion Day

TWENTY-SIX   The Battle Is Joined

TWENTY-SEVEN   Beyond the First Contact

EPILOGUE

About the Author

Acronyms

Bibliography

Appendix

Index