The Revisionist Attitude Towards The Pacific Theater

[August]

Originally Posted by tater

Chief of Naval Operations, Admiral Harold Stark said to the Japanese Ambassador to the US, Admiral Kichisaburo Nomura in 1940:



For a picture of what the high brass though before the war...

Nomura knew it was true, too, as did the IGHQ.

I wouldn't take that as a true picture of what the high brass thought before the war. After all it's not like Stark would tell Nomura "Boy I hope you guys don't attack us as we're way unprepared for war". You don't tell a prospective enemy your true feelings, you present a confident front.