FLYNN, John T. The Truth about Pearl Harbor
FLYNN, John T. The Truth about Pearl Harbor. Glasgow: The Strickland Press. 1945. 8vo. Softcover printed wraps, stapled.. First British edition. A very good copy, the wraps very lightly marked, some very mild creases at one corner, else fine.
A rather scarce key pamphlet on what is today dubbed the ‘Pearl Harbor advance-knowledge conspiracy theory’. An early supporter of Franklin D. Roosevelt, the American journalist, Flynn, quickly accused Roosevelt of militarist ideals. He compared the President to Mussolini, stating “we are slowly approaching the conditions which made Fascism there possible”. Helping to create the America First Committee, Flynn argued for American neutrality and was convinced Roosevelt was eager to enter the European war. In 1944, he self-published a 25-page document castigating Roosevelt’s foreign policy, convincingly claiming that US interventionist policy orchestrated the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor—or knew about the intended attack and did nothing—in order to enter the war with the American public on side. In time, Flynn praised the war effort, but continuously attacked Roosevelt with various other publications despite being largely stifled by major and minor publishers. The conspiracy remains unproven and modern historians question its reliance on a small amount of sources. Perhaps currently unreleased material will, one day, uncover more. Scarce.
FLYNN, John T. The Truth about Pearl Harbor. Glasgow: The Strickland Press. 1945. 8vo. Softcover printed wraps, stapled.. First British edition. A very good copy, the wraps very lightly marked, some very mild creases at one corner, else fine.
A rather scarce key pamphlet on what is today dubbed the ‘Pearl Harbor advance-knowledge conspiracy theory’. An early supporter of Franklin D. Roosevelt, the American journalist, Flynn, quickly accused Roosevelt of militarist ideals. He compared the President to Mussolini, stating “we are slowly approaching the conditions which made Fascism there possible”. Helping to create the America First Committee, Flynn argued for American neutrality and was convinced Roosevelt was eager to enter the European war. In 1944, he self-published a 25-page document castigating Roosevelt’s foreign policy, convincingly claiming that US interventionist policy orchestrated the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor—or knew about the intended attack and did nothing—in order to enter the war with the American public on side. In time, Flynn praised the war effort, but continuously attacked Roosevelt with various other publications despite being largely stifled by major and minor publishers. The conspiracy remains unproven and modern historians question its reliance on a small amount of sources. Perhaps currently unreleased material will, one day, uncover more. Scarce.
FLYNN, John T. The Truth about Pearl Harbor. Glasgow: The Strickland Press. 1945. 8vo. Softcover printed wraps, stapled.. First British edition. A very good copy, the wraps very lightly marked, some very mild creases at one corner, else fine.
A rather scarce key pamphlet on what is today dubbed the ‘Pearl Harbor advance-knowledge conspiracy theory’. An early supporter of Franklin D. Roosevelt, the American journalist, Flynn, quickly accused Roosevelt of militarist ideals. He compared the President to Mussolini, stating “we are slowly approaching the conditions which made Fascism there possible”. Helping to create the America First Committee, Flynn argued for American neutrality and was convinced Roosevelt was eager to enter the European war. In 1944, he self-published a 25-page document castigating Roosevelt’s foreign policy, convincingly claiming that US interventionist policy orchestrated the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor—or knew about the intended attack and did nothing—in order to enter the war with the American public on side. In time, Flynn praised the war effort, but continuously attacked Roosevelt with various other publications despite being largely stifled by major and minor publishers. The conspiracy remains unproven and modern historians question its reliance on a small amount of sources. Perhaps currently unreleased material will, one day, uncover more. Scarce.