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Author:   Sewall Menzel (Independent Scholar, USA) ,  Tobias R. Philbin
Publisher:   Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Imprint:   Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN:  

9798765129142

Pages:   432
Publication Date:   25 July 2024
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Tertiary & Higher Education
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Manufactured on demand  
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Table of Contents

"Foreword by Tobias R. Philbin Acknowledgments Introduction Abbreviations Chapter 1 Rising Sun in the Pacific Chapter 2 War Plan Orange and the Evolution of U.S. Naval Intelligence in the Pacific Chapter 3 The U.S. Navy's ""Splendid Arrangement"" in the Pacific Chapter 4 Roosevelt's Driving Imperative Chapter 5 Tracking the Imperial Japanese Navy in the Pacific Chapter 6 The Combined Fleet Prepares to Attack Chapter 7 ""The Cornered Mouse Bites the Cat"": The Overt Act Strategy Comes to Fruition Chapter 8 An Alternative Course of Action: Kimmel's Preemptive Ambush in the North Pacific Epilogue Appendix A: Lieutenant Commander Arthur McCollum's 8-Point Memorandum (October 7, 1940) Appendix B: Pearl Harbor Original Target Grid Bomb Plot Messages (September 24 and 29, 1941) Notes Bibliography Index Photo essay appears following page 142"

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Recommended. Lower-division undergraduates through faculty; general readers. * Choice *

Recommended. Lower-division undergraduates through faculty; general readers. * Choice * Sewall Menzel elucidates President Roosevelt's policy of preemption of a Nazi atomic weapons capability. Washington's absolute determination to achieve this end led to the Pearl Harbor attack by Japan. The policy's cost was probably higher than it should have been; Washington's studies and deliberate loyalty to the President were the cause. Nevertheless, this book is critical to understanding America's entry into World War II. * Tobias R. Philbin, Independent Scholar, USA * Outstanding work with elaborate detail! Extremely well-sourced investigation of President Roosevelt's baiting strategy to bring America into a direct confrontation with Adolf Hitler. Those interested in the study of World War II shouldn't miss reading this amazing piece of historical analysis. * Alejandro Alvarado Bremer, Associate Professor of Journalism, Florida International University, USA * Professor Sewall Menzel tells the little-known back story of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, which propelled a reluctant America into a war with Imperial Japan and Nazi Germany. In September 1939, Albert Einstein warned President Franklin D. Roosevelt (FDR) that Hitler's Nazi scientists were hard at work on developing an atomic bomb. This crucial information compelled FDR to launch the top-secret Manhattan Project to develop an American atomic bomb first. He also realized that it was imperative to mobilize America to enter the war against Germany, and their Japanese ally, and so he devised a strategy to provoke the Japanese to attack Pearl Harbor. This well-written and thoroughly researched book constitutes an important contribution to an understanding of World War II, and to foreign policy decision-making. * Edward W. Schwerin, Professor of Political Science, Florida Atlantic University, USA *

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Sewall Menzel is a political-military analyst and scholar with a degree in history from The Citadel and a doctorate in international relations from the University of Miami.

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