Preparing for war -- Defense of Hawaii -- Western perimeter -- Against sabotage and espionage -- West coast defense -- Decision -- Striking the American perimeter in the South -- First Midway, then Hawaii -- When the Japanese came -- Japanese attack -- Arctic war -- Problems of command -- Japanese problem -- Enter Admiral Kinkaid -- Wearing down the enemy -- Battle of the Komandorski Islands -- Attu -- Landing on Attu -- On Attu -- Fight for Attu -- Fall of Attu -- Battle of Kiska -- Invasion of Kiska -- Exit the Aleutians -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.