Program

Research Programs: Public Scholars

Period of Performance

9/1/2019 - 8/31/2020

Funding Totals

$60,000.00 (approved)
$60,000.00 (awarded)


Tokyo Mission: Ambassador Joseph C. Grew and the View from the U.S. Embassy in Japan, 1932-1942

FAIN: FZ-266632-19

Steve Kemper
Unaffiliated independent scholar

Research and writing leading to the publication of a book about Joseph. C. Grew, who served as the U.S. ambassador to Japan from 1932 to 1942, and the events preceding Japan's attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941.

A book that focuses on the lead-up to the war with Japan from the perspective of the American who knew that country best at that time—Joseph C. Grew, the United States ambassador there from 1932 to 1942.





Associated Products

Our Man In Tokyo: An American Ambassador and the Countdown to Pearl Harbor (Book)
Title: Our Man In Tokyo: An American Ambassador and the Countdown to Pearl Harbor
Author: Steve Kemper
Year: 2022
Primary URL: https://www.worldcat.org/search?q=358064740
Primary URL Description: WorldCat entry (358064740)
Publisher: Mariner Books
Type: Single author monograph
ISBN: 358064740

Academy Announces 2023 Dillon Book Award Winner (Web Resource)
Title: Academy Announces 2023 Dillon Book Award Winner
Author: THE AMERICAN ACADEMY OF DIPLOMACY
Abstract: Washington, D.C. – The American Academy of Diplomacy is pleased to announce that the winner of the 2023 Douglas Dillon Book Award for a Book of Distinction on the Practice of American Diplomacy is Our Man In Tokyo: An American Ambassador and the Countdown to Pearl Harbor by Steve Kemper, published by Mariner Books.
Year: 2023
Primary URL: https://www.academyofdiplomacy.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/Press-Release-2023-10-11-2023-Dillon-Award.pdf

Prizes

2023 Dillon Book Award Winner
Date: 10/11/2023
Organization: The American Acadamy of Diplomacy
Abstract: Washington, D.C. – The American Academy of Diplomacy is pleased to announce that the winner of the 2023 Douglas Dillon Book Award for a Book of Distinction on the Practice of American Diplomacy is Our Man In Tokyo: An American Ambassador and the Countdown to Pearl Harbor by Steve Kemper, published by Mariner Books.