Victor Davis Hanson » War’s Paradoxes: From Pearl Harbor to the Russian Front to the 38th Parallel

"From time to time, I take a break from opinion writing here at Works and Days and turn to history — on this occasion, I am prompted by the 71st anniversary of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. Here are a few of the most common questions that I have encountered while teaching the wars of the 20th century over the last twenty years."