Operation Snow, John Koster
Operation Snow, John Koster
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Operation Snow
How a Soviet Mole in FDRs White House Triggered Pearl Harbor

Author: John Koster

Narrator: Michael Kramer

Unabridged: 4 hr 58 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 09/17/2012

Synopsis

On December 7, 1941, the nation of Japan attacked Pearl Harbor and prompted the United States entry into the bloodiest war in human history. Americans have long debated the cause of the bombing; many have argued that the attack was a brilliant Japanese military coup or a failure of US intelligence agencies or even a conspiracy of the Roosevelt administration. But despite the attention historians have paid to the bombing of Pearl Harbor, the truth about that fateful day has remained a mysteryuntil now. InOperation Snow: How a Soviet Mole in FDRs White House Triggered Pearl Harbor, author John Koster uses recently declassified evidence and never-before-translated documents to tell the real story of the day that FDR memorably declared would live in infamy.Operation Snowshows how Joseph Stalin and the KGB used a vast network of double agents and communist sympathizersmost notably Harry Dexter Whiteto lead Japan into war against the United States, demonstrating incontestable Soviet involvement behind the bombing of Pearl Harbor. A thrilling account of espionage, mystery, and war,Operation Snowwill forever change the way we think about Pearl Harbor and World War II.

About John Koster

John Koster is a columnist for World War II magazine and a former newspaper journalist. His work has also appeared in Military History, American Heritage, American History, and other publications. Koster is a US Army veteran and the author of Custer Survivor: The End of a Myth, the Beginning of a Legend. He has two children and lives with his wife in New Jersey.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Translator on February 14, 2019

A decent read, 'Operation Snow' retells the already well-researched story of Henry Dexter White, who turns out to have been, at worst, a Soviet mole inside the White House, and at best, someone who didn't mind doing favors for members of the NKVD (the precursor to the KGB). In White's own words, if......more

Goodreads review by Ray on November 04, 2012

As one who shies away from most conspiracy theories, I hesitated when considering whether or not to read this book. But, seeing it was a relatively short book, I decided to give it a try, and I'm glad I did. John Koster provides a detailed look at pre-WW II Japan, as well as a look at the U.S. gover......more

Goodreads review by Joe on November 21, 2019

Operation Snow from an informational standpoint, should be a five star read. There are details in this book about World War II that are neatly put together in a way that one would not readily find elsewhere. Indeed, much of the information centers on Mr. White, the Soviet Mole, as you would expect.......more

Goodreads review by Ira on October 12, 2021

Harry Dexter White was a spy agent for the Stalin regime of Soviet Union, and I have no doubt that he used his expertise (economics) to get other Russian agents within the higher positions of U.S. politics and banking, in particular the creation of the World Bank. However, Koster doesn’t connect the......more

Goodreads review by Richard on November 27, 2020

Unconvincing. I do believe that Japan was less inclined to war with the US than is commonly thought and that the US took some actions that effectively goaded Japan into an attack that was more or less expected but poorly prepared for on the US side. I also believe that the Soviets thought that a war......more

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