Product details:
| ISBN13: | 9781621576310 |
| ISBN10: | 16215763111 |
| Binding: | Hardback |
| No. of pages: | 454 pages |
| Size: | 228x152x35 mm |
| Language: | English |
| 169 |
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In the Cauldron
Terror, Tension, and the American Ambassador's Struggle to Avoid Pearl Harbor
Publisher: Regnery History
Date of Publication: 9 January 2020
Number of Volumes: Hardback
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Short description:
In the Cauldron&&&160;is a story that has never been told, and will raise questions on whether the Japanese attack &&&160;could have been avoided.&&&160;
Long description:
Summer, 1941. Japan and the United States are locked in a battle of wills. President Franklin D. Roosevelt&&&39;s economic sanctions are crippling Japan.&&&160; Rice is being rationed. Consumer goods are limited.&&&160; And oil shortages threaten the capabilities of Japan’s vast military machine. America&&&39;s noose is tightening around Japan&&&39;s neck—but the country&&&39;s leaders refuse to yield to American demands.
In this cauldron of boiling tensions – months before the Pearl Harbor attack – Joseph Grew, America&&&39;s ambassador to Japan, offered many recommendations to break the deadlock.&&&160; Having resided and worked &&&160;in the elegant U.S. embassy in the heart of Tokyo for almost ten years, Grew understood what Roosevelt and his administration back home did not: that the Japanese would rather face&&&160;annihilation than endure the humiliation of&&&160;surrendering to American pressure. But the President and his administration saw little need to accept their ambassador’s recommendations.&&&160; The administration’s policies, they believed, were sure to succeed.&&&160; And so, with increasing urgency, Grew tried to explain to the President and his administration that Japan’s mindset could&&&160;not be gauged by Western standards of logic and that the administration’s policies could lead&&&160;Japan to embark on a suicidal war with the United States “with dangerous and dramatic&&&160;suddenness.”
Relying on Grew’s diaries, letters and memos, interviews with members of the families of Grew&&&160;and his staff, and an abundance of other primary source materials, Lew Paper presents a&&&160;gripping story of Ambassador Joseph Grew’s effort to halt the downward spiral of Japan’s relations with the United&&&160;States. Caught in the middle of a life-or-death clash between East and West powers, Grew had to wrestle with an American government that would not listen to him – and simultaneously confront an increasingly hostile environment in Japan, where pervasive surveillance, arbitrary arrest, and even unspeakable torture by Japan&&&39;s secret police were constant threats.&&&160;
In the Cauldron&&&160;is a story filled with hope, fear, anger, and frustration. More than that, it is a&&&160;story that has never been told. It is sure to cast a new light on Pearl Harbor &&&160;and raise questions whether the Japanese attack &&&160;could have been avoided.&&&160;
"In the Cauldron tells one of the great overlooked stories of World War II. Lew Paper delivers a riveting tale with deep research and compelling prose."
In this cauldron of boiling tensions – months before the Pearl Harbor attack – Joseph Grew, America&&&39;s ambassador to Japan, offered many recommendations to break the deadlock.&&&160; Having resided and worked &&&160;in the elegant U.S. embassy in the heart of Tokyo for almost ten years, Grew understood what Roosevelt and his administration back home did not: that the Japanese would rather face&&&160;annihilation than endure the humiliation of&&&160;surrendering to American pressure. But the President and his administration saw little need to accept their ambassador’s recommendations.&&&160; The administration’s policies, they believed, were sure to succeed.&&&160; And so, with increasing urgency, Grew tried to explain to the President and his administration that Japan’s mindset could&&&160;not be gauged by Western standards of logic and that the administration’s policies could lead&&&160;Japan to embark on a suicidal war with the United States “with dangerous and dramatic&&&160;suddenness.”
Relying on Grew’s diaries, letters and memos, interviews with members of the families of Grew&&&160;and his staff, and an abundance of other primary source materials, Lew Paper presents a&&&160;gripping story of Ambassador Joseph Grew’s effort to halt the downward spiral of Japan’s relations with the United&&&160;States. Caught in the middle of a life-or-death clash between East and West powers, Grew had to wrestle with an American government that would not listen to him – and simultaneously confront an increasingly hostile environment in Japan, where pervasive surveillance, arbitrary arrest, and even unspeakable torture by Japan&&&39;s secret police were constant threats.&&&160;
In the Cauldron&&&160;is a story filled with hope, fear, anger, and frustration. More than that, it is a&&&160;story that has never been told. It is sure to cast a new light on Pearl Harbor &&&160;and raise questions whether the Japanese attack &&&160;could have been avoided.&&&160;
"In the Cauldron tells one of the great overlooked stories of World War II. Lew Paper delivers a riveting tale with deep research and compelling prose."
