"Why Were We Caught Napping at Pearl Harbor?" by Seth W. Richardson, The Saturday Evening Post, May 24, 1947

This magazine article written by the General Counsel for the Joint Congressional Committee investigating the Pearl Harbor attack, discusses the widespread lack of public understanding regarding the committee's findings. Richardson aims to clarify the issues and conclusions of the investigation, attributing the surprise attack to a universal but inexplicable lapse in the perceived threat to Pearl Harbor after August 1941. He argues that this collective complacency led to inadequate defensive preparations and ultimately enabled the disaster on December 7, 1941.