Analysis of Day of Deceit by Robert Stinnett

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a method to incite the American people into joining World War II. This is the main theme woven between the pages of the book. However, there are secondary theses too, including the proposition that America broke the Japanese naval code and knew the Japanese carriers were on their way to launch an attack on Pearl Harbor, and that many documents relating to the attack, including code breaking documents, have never been released to the public. The author's thesis contends these documents prove that FDR knew about the impending attack and did nothing. Another secondary thesis begins with the documents that back up his contentions themselves. Throughout the book, the author uses evidence from his extensive research to back up his thesis that the United States knew of the impending attack. Even more difficult to comprehend is the underlying thesis for this argument, that FDR desperately wanted to enter the war in Europe, but needed public opinion behind his decisions, and so, he ...

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access to Japanese diplomatic communications. He notes, "...at the time when it was needed most, the report of these J-code intercepts was withheld from both the US Pacific Fleet and the US Army commander on Oahu (Stinnett 99). In addition, he exonerates Admiral Husband Kimmel in several places in the book, noting Admiral Kimmel had an idea the Japanese would attack, but was stymied at every turn by his superiors and the White House. Stinnett writes, "The admiral tried on a number of occasions to do something to defend Pearl Harbor, based on Rochefort's troubling intercepts. Exactly two weeks prior to the attack, Kimmel ordered a search for a Japanese carrier force North of Hawaii" ...

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