Day of Deceit, Robert Stinnett
Day of Deceit, Robert Stinnett
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Day of Deceit
The Truth About FDR and Pearl Harbor

Author: Robert Stinnett

Narrator: Rafael Ferrer

Abridged: 3 hr 13 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 12/01/1999


Synopsis

In Day of Deceit, Robert Stinnett delivers the definitive final chapter on America's greatest secret and our worst military disaster.

Drawing on twenty years of research and access to scores of previously classified documents, Stinnett proves that Pearl Harbor was not an accident, a mere failure of American intelligence, or a brilliant Japanese military coup. By showing that ample warning of the attack was on FDR's desk and, furthermore, that a plan to push Japan into war was initiated at the highest levels of the U.S. government, he ends up profoundly altering our understanding of one of the most significant events in American history.

About Robert Stinnett

Robert Stinnett served in the United States Navy from 1942 to 1946, where he earned ten battle stars and a Presidential Unit Citation. He is the author of George Bush: His World War II Years. Before devoting himself to writing Day of Deceit, he was a photographer and journalist for the Oakland Tribune. He is a consultant on the Pacific War for the BBC, Asahi Television, and NHK Television in Japan. He lives in Oakland, California.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Andrew

Lot of rehashing of information from chapter to chapter, but it makes a very very good case. So real quick let me sum up the book: FDR initiated a plan to force Japan into war with the US. We had broken all the Japanese codes. We knew they were on the way. The Admiral for the Pacific Fleet was not rec......more

Goodreads review by Eugene

I was a schoolchild during WWII and remember well the day Pearl Harbor was attacked. Many of us wondered at the time how could the Navy have been surprised so completely. Stinnett has done some yeoman's work in researching this book. He has been stonewalled by the political and military bureaucracy......more

Goodreads review by Matthew

Updated review July 25, 2020: The attack on Pearl Harbor is one of the defining events of 20th century American history. It was the event that, almost single-handedly, set the nation on the course to superpower status that it has maintained for nearly eight decades now. It is perhaps unsurprising th......more

Goodreads review by Mark

Some might come away from this book thinking that FDR had knowledge that Japan would be attacking the USA. However, as with many accusations of a conspiracy, this is merely looking at the signs of an attack after the event has occurred. Putting the pieces together after the event are very easy if yo......more