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September 11, Through the Prism of Pearl Harbor

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  07 May 2025

Emily S. Rosenberg
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The images and references to Pearl Harbor seem to be all around us as the anniversary of the attack looms. They are instantly recognizable. But what do they mean?

The analogies came easily after September 11, 2001, when newspaper headlines picked up the cry of “Infamy!” and President Bush reportedly wrote in his diary that “the Pearl Harbor of the 21st century took place today.” As historians who focus on popular memory have insisted, we experience the present through the lens of the past – and we shape our understanding of the past through the lens of the present.

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Asia-Pacific Journal , Volume 2 , Issue 2 , February 2004 , e4
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