Ambassador And Th...: Our Man In Tokyo: An American

Steve Kemper's "Our Man in Tokyo: An American Ambassador and the Countdown to Pearl Harbor" chronicles Joseph C. Grew’s efforts to maintain diplomatic relations with Japan between 1932 and 1942. Winner of the Dillon Book Award, the work details Grew's attempts to warn Washington about rising Japanese militarism despite skepticism from his superiors. Read the full review at The Wall Street Journal .