roosevelt loved the navy. 9 fleet was his pride and joy and he didn t want that fleet destroyed. there is no way. president roosevelt in 1940 was running for his third term and he was being accused of dragging america into war. oliver: robert is the author of the controversial day of deceit, the truth about fdr and pearl harbor. he went out of his way so he would not be seen as a war president and so he wanted a clear cut outrageous japanese attack at pearl harbor that would unite this country. oliver: to support his theories, he points to the declassified member yu member b writing on 7 october 1940. stinnett discovered it in 1995 at the national archives. as soon as i read it i realized, oh, this is a hot
destroyed. there is no way. president roosevelt in 1940 was running for his third term and he was being accused of dragging america into war. oliver: robert is the author of the controversial day of deceit, the truth about fdr and pearl harbor. he went out of his way so he would not be seen as a war president and so he wanted a clear cut outrageous japanese attack at pearl harbor that would unite this country. oliver: to support his theories, he points to the declassified member yu member b writing on 7 october 1940. stinnett discovered it in 1995 at the national archives. as soon as i read it i realized, oh, this is a hot potato. the significance of this member ran dumb is that it is a