by Dale Jenkins | Dec 5, 2025 | Featured Excerpts
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...
by Dale Jenkins | Oct 28, 2025 | Book Reviews
Pacific Crucible: War at Sea in the Pacific, 1941-1942 W.W. Norton & Company, 597 pages, 2012. This is the first of a trilogy intended by Mr. Toll as a comprehensive study of the Pacific War. It begins with a vivid account of the Pearl harbor attack of December 7,...
by Dale Jenkins | Jul 31, 2025 | Published Articles
Introduction The Pacific Fleet naval victory at Midway on June 4, 1942 is one of the greatest in the history of the U.S. Navy, and one of the most significant victories in the history of armed conflict, on land or sea. Decryption of Japanese messaging a week ahead of...
by Dale Jenkins | Jan 27, 2025 | Featured Excerpts
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 Dale Jenkins | Dec 13, 2024 | Published Articles
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 the German war machine, and that the United States inevitably would be...
