Diplomats & Admirals • Aubrey Publishing Co. LLC. • December 1, 2022 🛒🔗 Purchase Links: Amazon | Barnes & Noble | Kindle
Dale Jenkins has had a lifelong interest in the Navy and international affairs. He is a former US Navy officer who served on a destroyer in the Pacific, and for a time was home-ported in Yokosuka, Japan. Pacific Fleet commitments took him to the Philippines, Taiwan, South Korea, Hong Kong and Singapore. While on active duty he was awarded the Navy/Marine Corps Expeditionary Medal. Dale is also Senior Advisor to Americans for a Stronger Navy.
As we count down to Pearl Harbor Day, we're looking back at the early signs of trouble in U.S.–Japan relations. This week’s excerpt from Diplomats & Admirals begins with Dean Acheson—where the first cracks began to show... The Imperial Japanese Army landed troops...
Our Pearl Harbor countdown continues with Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto, whose strategic insight made him one of the earliest and clearest voices warning Japan’s leaders about the consequences of war with the United States. His concerns reveal just how rapidly the crisis...
As we continue our lead-up to Pearl Harbor Day, we turn from Dean Acheson to Secretary of State Cordell Hull. In this Diplomats & Admirals excerpt, we examine the final months of diplomacy, facing stalled talks, mounting Japanese demands, and the growing...
I first learned about Sorge in 1971 as an Ensign. A second class SEAL Petty Officer told me about Stalin’s spy who told the Russians they didn’t have move troops to their eastern borders. Surge was worth several divisions. Sorge is sometimes described as WWII’s greatest spy.