PREEMPTIVE STRIKE: THE SECRET PLAN THAT WOULD HAVE PREVENTED THE ATTACK ON PEARL HARBOR

Book ID/图书代码： 08290006B05988

English Summary/英文概要： The untold story of a secret planthat would have prevented Pearl Harbor—and maybe even World War II.
Could a plan to bomb Japan and destroy Japanese supply lines, communications, and staging areas in China have averted the horrendous and devastating attack on Pearl Harbor? On July 23, 1941—some five months before Pearl Harbor—President Franklin Delano Roosevelt endorsed a plan calling for the United States to provide China with 150 manned bombers and 350 fighter planes to wreak havoc on Japan’s growing presence in China. “Joint Board Plan 335” had been proposed to Roosevelt and his cabinet by Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek; Dr. T. V. Soong, China’s special envoy to the United States; and Captain Claire Lee Chennault, a retired Air Corps pilot now in the employ of Chiang. Such a preemptive strike on Japanese interests had been under discussion for several months. Although initially blocked by General George C. Marshall, the plan was resurrected in the spring of 1941. So why, then, was it never employed?
First, there were the practical reasons: Not yet fully recovered from the Great Depression, millions of Americans were more concerned about domestic issues than foreign policy. Roosevelt and his cabinet feared political fallout from Chiang’s proposed international intrigue, to say nothing of facing Winston Churchill’s wrath by diverting airplanes from Britain. Then there were also ethical concerns over the definite civilian casualties the air strike would inflict. Could Roosevelt justify bombing raids when the U.S. and Japan were officially at peace? Chiang and Chennault argued that their plan would serve as a moral quid pro quo to an adversary that had been bombing and slaughtering millions of Chinese civilians for three years. The raids, Chennault insisted, would forestall Japanese expansion into Malaya, Singapore, the Dutch East Indies, and the Philippines.
Painstakingly researched and colorfully written, Preemptive Strike offers a seldom-seen glimpse of the political and moral pressures brought to bear on Roosevelt’s prewar cabinet. It is sure to prompt debate, as much as the decision to use this wartime strategy does today.

Chinese Summary/中文概要： 这一鲜为人知的秘密计划很可能会阻止珍珠港事件的发生，甚至是第二次世界大战的发生。
轰炸日军在华的补给线，交通线还有基地真的能转移日军对珍珠港的军事行动吗？在1941年的7月23日——也就是在偷袭珍珠港的前五个多月——罗斯福总统签署了一项计划，号召美国支援中国，并提供了150架轰炸机和350架歼击机，计划去攻打在中国领土上不断增长的日本势力。“联合空中计划355”是由蒋介石总司令、宋子文（中国驻美国的外交使节）和克莱尔•李•陈纳德中将（一位退役的空军飞行员，现为蒋介石效力）共同提交给美国总统罗斯福和他的内阁。这一打击日本在华利益的计划虽然最初被马歇尔将军否决，但在1941年春天又被重新提上日程。那为什么最终没有被采纳呢？
首先这是有实际原因的：美国还没有完全从经济大萧条中恢复元气，国民更关心的是国内的问题而不是外交政策。罗斯福和他的内阁害怕接受蒋介石的提议所引起的国际影响，如果从英国撤回美国的飞机则无法向邱吉尔交代。同时大范围的轰炸还可能引起大量人员伤亡的问题。事后，美日处于和平状态，罗斯福能证明他轰炸的正义性吗？蒋介石和陈纳德说：他们的这一计划只是震慑一下3年来在中国大地上疯狂杀戮中国人民的日军。陈纳德强调说，此次行动将阻止日军进入马来亚，新加坡，荷属东印度群岛和菲律宾群岛。
精心的调查，仔细的描写，本书写出了当时罗斯福和他的内阁所经受的道德和政治压力。书中的战争策略对今天的战事仍有很大的借鉴作用。

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About the Author/作者介绍： ALAN ARMSTRONG is an aviation attorney, an active pilot, and a contributing editor to the Lawyer Pilots Bar Association Journal. He has written articles on aviation law for various journals. Armstrong has testified before the House Aviation Subcommittee of the House of Representatives, is chairman of the Aviation Section for the State Bar of Georgia, and is a founding member of the National Transportation Safety Board Bar Association.
作者艾伦•阿姆斯壮是一名航空律师，飞行员，并且是飞行员律师协会杂志的编辑，他为不同的飞行杂志撰稿。在向众议院航空小组委员会作证前，阿姆斯壮是是乔志亚州律师协会航空部门的主席，同时也是国家交通安全委员会法律协会的创始人之一。

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