USS Kearney 90, 106
Welles, Orson 207
USS Maryland 150
Welles, Sumner 57
USS Nevada 150
Western Flying (magazine) 58
USS Oklahoma 149, 154, 155, 169
We Testify (Schoonmaker and Reid) 59
USS Pennsylvania 150
Wheeler, Burton xii, 11, 49, 59, 109, 162, USS Raleigh 150
193
USS Reuben James 75, 90, 106, 215
Wheeler, Mrs. Burton 11
USS Shaw 150
Whitney, Hazel 51
USS Tennessee 149, 150
Whitney, William C. 217
USS Vestal 150
Who Killed Society? (Amory) 30
USS Ward 146
Wide World News 46
USS West Virginia 149, 150, 154, 155, 169
Wieboldt Stores of Chicago 215
USS Wilmette 240
Wiedemann, Fritz 202
William H. Block Co. 63
Valtin, Jan 75, 86
Williams, Ben Ames 84
Vanderbilt, Cornelius 217
Williams, Betty 67
Vanderbilt, Gloria M. 217
Williams, Gladstone 73
Vanderbilt, Mrs. Cornelius 136, 137
Williams, James Ethelred 114
VanSchaick, Mrs. George 32
Williams, Noah 67
Vassar College 12, 171
Williams, Willie Fort 114
Veterans of Future Wars: founding of 12;
Willkie, Mrs. Wendell 12, 136
Home Fires Division 12; Ladies Auxiliary
Willkie, Wendell 176
of 12; Washington Post story on 13
Wilson, M. L. 138
“Victory Program” 178
Wilson, Woodrow 48, 197
Vinson, Carl 170, 183–4
Winant, Mrs. John G. 136
Vonderlehr, R. A. 39
Windborn, A. C. 84
Windswept (Chase) 53
Wagner, Boyd 222–3
Winter, Thomas D. 60–1
Wallace, Henry A. 158, 178, 242
Wisconsin Daily Cardinal 12
Walsh, David I. 170, 183–4
Witherow, William T. 77
Wanamaker, John 175–6
Witt, John L. 166
war effort 109, 243–5
Women’s Division of Fight For
Warm Springs Foundation. 19
Freedom 12
war preparations 55–6, 133–5, 249–52
women’s suffrage 28
Wash, Carlyle 167
Wood, Edward, Lord Halifax 57
Washington Post : advertisement by United
Wood, Peggy 53
States Rubber Company 215; advice
Wood, R. E. 173, 215
on air raids 240; on attitude of U.S.
Wood, Robert 59
negotiators 94–5; “But Buy Defense
Woollcott, Alexander 37
Bonds First” 236; carrier boys selling
World’s Iron Age, The (Chamberlain) 38
270 Index
Wouk, Herman 133, 136
Youth Committee Against War 51
Wren, Christopher 10
YWCA 164
Wright, Wilbur 46–7
Zaharoff, Lucien 58
Yale University 13, 138
Zell, Harry Von 86
Yamamoto, Isoroku 146
Zenger, Peter 243
Young America Wants to Help 136
Zuikaku (aircraft carrier) 145
Document Outline
Cover
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Title
Copyright
Dedication
CONTENTS
Foreword
Acknowledgments
Author’s Note
Prologue: Fifteen Fateful Days
PART I Last Sunday at Peace: November 30, 1941 1 The Sunday Papers
2 A World at War, a Nation at Peace
3 Facing the Gathering Storm
4 As We Were
PART II Last Week at Peace: December 1–6, 1941 5 Monday, December 1, 1941
6 Tuesday, December 2, 1941
7 Wednesday, December 3, 1941
8 Thursday, December 4, 1941
9 Friday, December 5, 1941
10 Saturday, December 6, 1941
PART III “Day of Infamy”: Sunday, December 7, 1941 11 A Quiet Morning in America
12 What America Knew
13 What America Didn’t Know
14 The Answer
PART IV First Week at War: December 8–13, 1941 15 Monday, December 8, 1941
16 Tuesday, December 9, 1941
17 Wednesday, December 10, 1941
18 Thursday, December 11, 1941
19 Friday, December 12, 1941
20 Saturday, December 13, 1941
PART V First Sunday at War: December 14, 1941 21 All in It Together
22 A First Class Temperament
Epilogue: Americans All
A Note on Sources
Index
Crucible of a Generation Page 43