by Dale Jenkins | Feb 28, 2026 | Featured Excerpts
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...
by Dale Jenkins | Dec 8, 2025 | Published Articles
As Pearl Harbor Remembrance Week continues, we turn from the attack itself to the man who addressed a shaken nation the following day: President Franklin D. Roosevelt. Before delivering the now-iconic “Day of Infamy” address, Roosevelt had already forged...
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 | Dec 4, 2025 | Featured Excerpts
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...
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,...
