Day of Deceit

   This book uncovers the true story behind the bombing of Pearl harbor on December 7, 1941, by Japanese forces that catapulted America into the war. The United States had desired that Japan should commit the first overt act and the plan to provoke a Japanese attack was set in motion on November 27, 1941. It shows how Roosevelt's decisions were strategically calculated to lead to the ultimate victory of allied forces over the Axis nations.

In Day of Deceit, Robert Stinnett delivers the definitive final chapter on America's greatest secret and our worst military disaster.
Drawing on twenty years of research and access to scores of previously classified documents, Stinnett proves that Pearl Harbor was not an accident, a mere failure of American intelligence, or a brilliant Japanese military coup. By showing that ample warning of the attack was on FDR's desk and, furthermore, that a plan to push Japan into war was initiated at the highest levels of the U.S. government, he ends up profoundly altering our understanding of one of the most significant events in American history.