Pearl Harbor: The Story of the Secret War torrent

Pearl Harbor: The Story of the Secret War - George Morgenstern [epub]

This book not only shows that Roosevelt's war cabinet knew about the impending attack on pearl harbor but actually invited and provoked japan to attack via diplomatic and economic sanctions. It is one of the earliest, but still best, revisisionist studies of Pearl Harbor. Morgenstern did not have access to a lot of information that has come out since he wrote, such as Commander MacCollum's ten point memorandum on how to provoke Japan into war, which memorandum was followed almost to the letter by FDR. Nevertheless, "The Story of the Secret War" makes very clear that Roosevelt was privately seeking to provoke war while publicly denying that he was doing any such thing.

This classic work remains unsurpassed as a one-volume treatment of America's Day of Infamy. An indispensable introduction to the question of who bears the blame for the Pearl Harbor surprise, and, more important, for America's entry, through the "back door," into World War II. With detailed source references and index.

Paperback: 430 pages
Publisher: Institute for Historical Review (February 10, 1987)