Pearl Harbor May Have Been Avoided If a Lone US Diplomat Had Gotten His Way

Published: Jan. 28, 2020, 7:40 a.m.

Could one American diplomat have prevented the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor? The answer might be yes. America\u2019s ambassador to Japan in 1941, Joseph Grew, certainly thought so. He saw the writing on the wall\u2014economic sanctions were crippling Japan,...