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Day Of Deceit: The Truth About FDR and Pearl Harbor
In Day of Deceit, Robert Stinnett delivers the definitive final chapter on America's greatest secret and our worst military disaster. Drawing on twenty years of research and access to scores of previously classified documents, Stinnett proves that Pearl Harbor was not an accident, a mere failure of American intelligence, or a brilliant Japanese military coup. By showing th...more
Paperback, 416 pages
Published
May 8th 2001
by Free Press
(first published May 8th 1999)
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Some might come away from this book thinking that FDR had knowledge that Japan would be attacking the USA. However, as with many accusations of a conspiracy, this is merely looking at the signs of an attack after the event has occurred. Putting the pieces together after the event are very easy if you know exactly what to look for. It's a very different thing to determine if an attack is imminent if the event has yet to happen.
Also, contrary from derived from the title of this book, I do not thin...more
Also, contrary from derived from the title of this book, I do not thin...more
A very interesting book that reveals some interesting (but not completely convincing) evidence that FDR and his inner circle were given clear intelligence that clearly forewarned the Pearl Harbor attack. The research is fascinating, but the presentation is fractured and riddled with editorial errors. In one place a reference to a document or event has one date, in other places it is ascribed to a year before or after. Stinnett engaged in a massive review of hundreds of thousands of documents, an...more
Lot of rehashing of information from chapter to chapter, but it makes a very very good case.
So real quick let me sum up the book:
FDR initiated a plan to force Japan into war with the US. We had broken all the Japanese codes. We knew they were on the way. The Admiral for the Pacific Fleet was not recieving key information that others recieved. The Governement instructed the fleet that all ships were to stay out of the Northern Pacific, the regular shipping route, two weeks before the attack. Reco...more
So real quick let me sum up the book:
FDR initiated a plan to force Japan into war with the US. We had broken all the Japanese codes. We knew they were on the way. The Admiral for the Pacific Fleet was not recieving key information that others recieved. The Governement instructed the fleet that all ships were to stay out of the Northern Pacific, the regular shipping route, two weeks before the attack. Reco...more
Sep 22, 2008
Bliss Tew
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4 of 5 stars
Recommends it for:
Honest Americans and historians.
Recommended to Bliss by:
An article by James Perloff.
Perhaps the most important book written about World War II as it defines the betrayal of our sailors and soldiers stationed at Pearl Harbor by the president of the USA, Franklin D. Roosevelt, as he kept secret his knowledge of the translations of decoded messages from Japan's Navy and Diplomatic corps.
Robert Welch, the founder of The John Birch Society, had revealed the treason of Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1954 in a letter to friends that was later published at "THE POLITICIAN," and Robert Stinne...more
Robert Welch, the founder of The John Birch Society, had revealed the treason of Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1954 in a letter to friends that was later published at "THE POLITICIAN," and Robert Stinne...more
In Day of Deceit, Robert Stinnett delivers the definitive final chapter on America's greatest secret and our worst military disaster. Drawing on twenty years of research and access to scores of previously classified documents, Stinnett proves that Pearl Harbor was not an accident, a mere failure of American intelligence, or a brilliant Japanese military coup. By showing that ample warning of the attack was on FDR's desk and, furthermore, that a plan to push Japan into war was initiated at the hi...more
I have long believed that our government lies to us and then lies to us about lying to us....this book convinced me my suspicions were correct. Although at time the book saddened me it was exceptional with regards to the subject matter. If you are interested in how the war really began and what roll Washington had in hiding the details then this is a book you wont want to miss.
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Lacking narrative coherence, repetitive and scattered, the text is tantalizing nonetheless. The author did his research, culling routing slips from archives which Congressional investigators ('45-'46, '95) overlooked.
It becomes clear in the first couple of chapters that the attack on Pearl Harbor was not a surprise...to those in the know. For political reasons, Army and Navy chiefs in Pearl Harbor were deliberately kept in the dark while lower-ranking intelligence officers forwarded intercepts...more
It becomes clear in the first couple of chapters that the attack on Pearl Harbor was not a surprise...to those in the know. For political reasons, Army and Navy chiefs in Pearl Harbor were deliberately kept in the dark while lower-ranking intelligence officers forwarded intercepts...more
This is a book with interesting points. It is written very didactically, determined to make you see the author's point. The author includes only documents that prove his point, and excludes many others. I felt that it was like many conspiracy books, very one sided and incomplete.
Didn't you always want to know how Pearl Harbor could be attacked without any defence?
Now we know.......Roosevelt knew, and he not only let it happen, he moved the Northern Fleet out the way so the Japanese could get within range. A MUST READ to understand Vietnam, and Iraq.
Now we know.......Roosevelt knew, and he not only let it happen, he moved the Northern Fleet out the way so the Japanese could get within range. A MUST READ to understand Vietnam, and Iraq.
A fascinating book that offers evidence that FDR provoked the Japanese and then allowed the Japanese to attack Pearl Harbor. There are some amazing revelations made that shake the very foundations of what we know about the attacks. A must read for anyone interested in World War II, World / American history, or how America goes to war.
This book is very interesting. It's meticulously researched and the paper trail is there, and the author proves his point. My only complaint was that it could be a bit dry at times. Otherwise, highly recommended.
The account of President Roosevelt's plan to have America enter the war by instigating the Japanese attack. Bibliography is very complete, long and impeccable.
May 22, 2009
David
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I am enjoying it. It get's a little bogged down in details but it does have to prove the point. I should question what he is saying but I don't.
FDR orchestrated Pearl Harbor!!!!!!!!!!!
Pretty compelling evidence.
Pretty compelling evidence.
The ugly truth.
In a fairly alarmist tone, the author shows just how much Roosevelt and members of his cabinet knew about the Pearl Harbor attack before it happened. He claims, and I am prone to believe him, that Roosevelt and others allowed the attack to occur in order to arouse patriotism and interest in the war. Otherwise we would have not entered when we did...if at all. I believe there are groups in high places in politics and the media who do the same things today.
A good book, lots of information on the topic and especially revealing about the governmental bureaucracy that lead to the worst naval defeat in US history. Damn those politicians!
Important book concerning false flags and secret combinations.
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