Publisher's Synopsis
"Yesterday, December 7, 1941, a date that will in infamy, the United States of America was suddenly and deliberately attacked by naval and air forces of the Empire of Japan." FDR December 8th, 1941 The above quote was the lead in to FDR's call for a declaration of war between the United States of America and Japan the day after the Pearl Harbor attack. The question for many has been, how long did FDR have to write that now iconic speech? For most historians the answer would be less than twenty-four hours. For some the answer is unclear. For if Roosevelt knew the Japanese were steaming toward Pearl Harbor well in advance of the attack, he would have had enough time to polish and practice it. Keep reading to find out the truth behind the Pearl Harbor controversy. Not only will you be shown facts about the Pearl Harbor attack in this book, your eyes will opened to what may or may not have been FDR's motive for the supposed sneak attack/setup upon Pearl Harbor. Learn about the tough decisions FDR faced during the last few months before Pearl Harbor. Hitler ran unopposed through out Europe wreaking havoc upon any country he chose. Japan sat poised to take over much of the Pacific and had already invaded China. With his allies begging him to get into World War II and a populace overwhelmingly wanting to remain isolated, what options did FDR have left? Was he forced to allow the Japanese to attack Pearl Harbor? Did he provoke it? Learn whether or not FDR intercepted countless Japanese radio transmissions about the impending attack upon Pearl Harbor and hid them from his admirals? In 1941, the United States had what was referred to as the "splendid arrangement," which was an enormous array of listening devices spread all through the Pacific. It is common knowledge that the United States intercepted these messages, but did they learn of the Pearl Harbor attack and keep it a secret? Learn in detail the facts behind the Pearl Harbor Attack Arguments about the facts behind Pearl Harbor have been swirling for years. Did American cryptographers decode Japanese messages before or after Pearl Harbor? Did FDR use the McCollum Memo to provoke the Japanese to attack Pearl Harbor? Was Husband E. Kimmel a scapegoat for FDR or did FDR have a valid reason to relieve him of command after the Pearl Harbor debacle? Was FDR Complicit in the Pearl Harbor Attack? The controversy over whether or not Franklin Delano Roosevelt had anything to do with the attack upon Pearl Harbor has raged for the last few decades. He did have motive to get the United States into World War II. There is no doubt about that, but did he purposefully allow the United States to get attacked by the Japanese on December 7th, 1941? That may be one of the toughest questions to answer in all of United States history. That is exactly what this issue of Hardball History is going to answer. About The Author Christopher Savio is a high school history teacher in Northern New Jersey and an online Adjunct Professor of History at the University of California San Diego. He has multiple honors degrees in the subject and has been a life long student of all kinds of historical topics. When not studying or teaching history he enjoys spending time with his children and being an Assistant Scout Master for his son's Boy Scout Troop. If you are free thinker and desire to know the truth, Scroll up and grab your copy today.
