There are enough books on Pearl Harbor to fill a small library, but one of the very best and most conclusive tomes is Takeo Iguchi's recent study, Demystifying Pearl Harbor: A New Perspective from Japan. Iguchi, who hails from a distinguished family of diplomats and was himself a Japanese ambassador before embarking on an academic career in Japan and the United States, has written a clear and elegant book that should appeal to a wide audience interested in this critical period of American and world history.