Summary of Robert B. Stinnett's Day of Deceit

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#1 Murrow was a CBS radio newsman who had just returned from a meeting with President Franklin D. Roosevelt in the White House. He had heard the first news flashes about the Pearl Harbor raid. He and his wife, Janet, went to the White House for dinner.

#2 Roosevelt asked Murrow and Donovan whether they thought the attack was a clear case of a first Japanese move that would unite Americans behind a declaration of war against the Axis powers. They said yes, and Roosevelt decided to ask Congress to declare that a state of war existed between Japan and the United States.

#3 The question of whether or not FDR knew about the attack at Pearl Harbor is still up in the air, but there are many more direct pieces of evidence that prove he did. The United States had not cracked Japanese military codes prior to the attack, and the Japanese fleet maintained strict radio silence.

• Language: English
• Publisher: IRB Media
• Release date: Jun 5, 2022
• ISBN: 9798822514645

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Insights on Robert B. Stinnett's Day of Deceit

Contents

Insights from Chapter 1

Insights from Chapter 2

Insights from Chapter 3

Insights from Chapter 4

Insights from Chapter 5

Insights from Chapter 6

Insights from Chapter 7

Insights from Chapter 8

Insights from Chapter 9

Insights from Chapter 10

Insights from Chapter 11

Insights from Chapter 12

Insights from Chapter 13

Insights from Chapter 14

Insights from Chapter 15

Insights from Chapter 1

#1

Murrow was a CBS radio newsman who had just returned from a meeting with President Franklin D. Roosevelt in the White House. He had heard the first news flashes about the Pearl Harbor raid. He and his wife, Janet, went to the White House for dinner.

#2

Roosevelt asked Murrow and Donovan whether they thought the attack was a clear case of a first Japanese move that would unite Americans behind a declaration of war against the Axis powers. They said yes, and Roosevelt decided to ask Congress to declare that a state of war existed between Japan and the United States.

#3

The question of whether or not FDR knew about the attack at Pearl Harbor is still up in the air, but there are many more direct pieces of evidence that prove he did. The United States had not cracked Japanese military codes prior to the attack, and the Japanese fleet maintained strict radio silence.

Insights from Chapter 2

#1

In the summer of 1940, a poll showed that a majority of Americans did not want the country involved in Europe’s wars. However, military and State Department leaders believed that a victorious Nazi Germany would threaten the national security of the United States. They felt that Americans needed a call to action.

#2

Arthur McCollum, the director of the Far East Asia section of ONI, was in charge of routing communications intelligence to FDR from early 1940 to December 7, 1941. He felt that war with Japan was inevitable and that the United States should provoke it at a time that suited US interests.

#3

The paper trail of the McCollum memo ends with the Knox endorsement. The proposal was addressed to Anderson, but no specific record has been found by the author indicating whether Roosevelt or Anderson ever saw it.

#4

On October 8, 1940, the State Department told Americans to evacuate Far East countries as quickly as possible. President Roosevelt brought about Action F, which kept the United States Fleet based in Hawaiian waters.

#5

After the success of the December 7 attack, Richardson claimed that FDR turned his back on Stark. He said that Stark had been professionally negligent due to taking orders from above.

#6

Richardson’s removal on February 1, 1941, strengthened the position of McCollum. He saw the alliance with Japan as a golden opportunity to provoke Japan