DAY OF DECEIT. THE TRUTH ABOUT FDR AND PEARL HARBOR, by Robert B. Stinnett, Free Press, Nov 1999. This brand new book is making waves because the author comes up with new 'evidence' to support the old revisionist conspiracy theory that FDR "encouraged" the Japanese to attack Pearl Harbor because he needed to overcome isolationist pressure that was keeping the US from going to Britain's aid in the war against Hitler. After learning of the Japanese plan to attack PH thru SIGINT (the theory goes), FDR (through conspiracies with many others that continue today) not only kept Admiral Kimmel and General Short from obtaining information on Japanese intentions to attack PH, but ordered or had ordered actions that prevented those commanders from discovering the Kito Butai and adequately defending PH from the expected attack by the Japanese.

WELL, read at the link, below, the highly recommended, lengthy and thorough rebuttal by veteran US Navy cryptologist, Phil Jacobsen. (jdmac)

http://www.usncva.org/books/book-10.html

Reviewed in AFIO Weekly Intelligence Notes #47-99, 23 NOV 1999

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