Discover the intricate diplomacy of Japanese Prime Minister Prince Konoe, who navigated intense internal rivalries and sought peace with the United States on the eve of WWII. Explore the full story on Konoe in our featured excerpt from DIPLOMATS & ADMIRALS by clicking here.
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.
On board Enterprise some of the staff officers were urging Admiral Spruance to pursue westward to follow up the sinking of four Japanese carriers and make an annihilating attack on the remaining ships at first light the following morning. But Spruance had other...
Lieutenant Commander Wade McClusky, commander of the Enterprise air group, was considering his situation and that of the two squadrons of thirty-one Dauntless dive-bombers he was leading into battle. The Dauntless planes had been in the air since shortly after 0700...
On September 27, (1941) Japanese Foreign Minister Toyoda met with U.S. Ambassador Grew. He knew of Grew’s close relationship with President Roosevelt and asked the ambassador to make a personal request for a summit meeting between Roosevelt and Prime Minister Konoe....
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