No Getting to Yes: U.S. Ambassador Joseph C. Grew and Imperial Japan, 1939-1942

Abstract

U.S. Ambassador Joseph C. Grew faced multiple pressures that impacted his work in the years immediately preceding the surprise attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941. Grew labored to convince Imperial Japan that its aggressive expansionist policies in the Far East would provoke an American response. Grew also struggled with the State Department bureaucracy and European diplomats as the long-simmering Asian wars erupted in December 1941. Ultimately, Joseph Grew served in the hardest American Foreign Service post of the day, performing as admirably as one could under arduous circumstances. The confluence of untamable forces converged in just the right way to bring war to the Pacific despite Grew's best effort.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
May 14, 2023
Accession Number
AD1202902

Entities

People

  • John Skerry

Organizations

  • Naval War College

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Ambassadors
  • Civilian Personnel
  • Confluence
  • Department Of State
  • Diplomats
  • Far East
  • Foreign Service Officers
  • Government Employees
  • Second World War
  • War

Fields of Study

  • Political science

Readers

  • Military History of the United States in the 20th Century.
  • Strategic Security Studies