Dale A. Jenkins
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Hiroshima and Nagasaki Remembrance Week (August, 1945)
Today, we stand in solemn remembrance between the anniversaries of...
Dale A. Jenkins Author Spotlight in KIRKUS Magazine
We are thrilled to announce that DIPLOMATS & ADMIRALS has been...
PTSD Awareness Day: Thoughts and Resources
Today is National Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) Awareness...
What the Flag Still Means: A Flag Day Post for Our Time
The American flag has flown through some of our darkest hours, and...
The Battle of Midway Turns 82 Today
Admiral Nimitz’s Battle Plan for Midway The US intelligence unit on...
Articles Published
Midway Like You’ve Never Heard It: Declassified Documents & a Candid Conversation
June is Midway Month. Eighty-three years ago, the course of the Pacific War turned on a knife's edge during the Battle of Midway—a victory shaped by intelligence, timing, and the courage of U.S....
USS Constitution Flying the Flag of a Four-Star Admiral
A year and a half ago I was privileged to attend the Trafalgar Commemoration dinner of the 1805 Club in Portsmouth, England, held annually on or about October 21 to celebrate Vice Admiral Nelson’s...
A Letter to the Wall Street Journal: Law on Campus
I submitted the following letter to The Wall Street Journal on May 18th, 2025, in response to a recent op-ed by Alison Cowan titled “How Colleges Can Weed Out Lawbreakers.” She suggests questions...
It’s Time to Have Primary Elections for Vice President
Of the forty-six Presidents of the United States with completed terms of office, nine, or 19.6% of the total, were vice presidents who succeeded to the presidency on the death or resignation of the...
Armed Forces Involvement In Tactical & Strategic Decisions
Have We learned Our Lessons from Pearl Harbor? As described in greater detail in Diplomats & Admirals, the all-civilian War Cabinet of President Roosevelt in late 1941 consisted of Secretary of...
Negotiate with Hitler?
If Trump had been president in 1940 instead of Franklin D. Roosevelt, would he have told Winston Churchill he had no cards and instead formed an agreement with the power person in Europe, Adolf...
How China Provoked the Attack on Pearl Harbor
By Dale A. Jenkins, author of Diplomats & Admirals After the German army rampaged through western Europe in 1940, President Roosevelt realized the other European countries could not stand up to...
Nimitz Battle Plan: My Article in HISTORY IS NOW Magazine
I'm very pleased to share an article I wrote that was published in History is Now Magazine. It’s a new take on The Battle of Midway. I would love to know your thoughts. "Admiral Nimitz's Plan for...
Support the Philippine Navy
Chinese ships have been ramming Philippine naval vessels as the Philippine Navy attempts to resupply Second Thomas Shoal and Sabina Shoal, their offshore facilities in the South China Sea. These...
Excerpts & Reviews
DIPLOMATS & ADMIRALS Featured Excerpt: Sorge
Richard Sorge’s daring espionage in Tokyo had a major effect on the...
From Dale’s Bookshelf: NIMITZ AT WAR Book Review
4/5 ⭐s | Good narrative but with omissions of Midway battle plan Mr....
Featured Excerpt: Acheson
As we commemorate Pearl Harbor Month, discover the impactful yet...
DIPLOMATS & ADMIRALS: Reader Reviews & Author Comments
Cliff White 5/5 ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ — Excellent read, highly recommend. Reviewed...
Featured Excerpt: Hitler
This week’s excerpt from DIPLOMATS & ADMIRALS examines one of...
Book Review of Midway: The Pacific War’s Most Famous Battle by Mark Stille
Thoughts from my bookshelf on Midway: The Pacific War's Most Famous...
Yamamoto Isoroku—Architect of the Pacific War 💥🚢
This week, our featured excerpt from DIPLOMATS & ADMIRALS...