diplomatic history

Discusses the Christmas season of 1941 that played out in the shadows of the Pearl Harbor attack and the start of America's involvement in World War II.

Presents evidence to support the author's claim that President Franklin Roosevelt knew about Japan's plan to attack Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941, and in fact had approved an eight-step program designed to deliberately provoke Japan in an attempt to win the approval of the American public to join the war.

Presents thirty primary source documents preceding the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, including Japan's Plan A and Plan B negotiations, America's proposed "modus vivendi,"and the Hull note and Japan's reaction, and ten analytical essays on the attack's international context.

An interpretation of the pact between the Third Reich and the Soviets in 1939 which caused dissatisfaction and political dissidence throughout Europe.

Recreates a sequence of ten decisions made by world leaders, including Hitler, Churchill, Roosevelt, Stalin, and Mussolini, from 1940 to 1941 that changed the course of human history.

A narrative history based on the experiences and memories of hundreds of participants in the dramatic events of 1941.

A narrative history illuminating the events of that year based upon the experiences and memories of hundreds of participants.