DALE A. JENKINS is a former naval officer who developed a career as an historian and author after a business career in the private sector. In 2022 he published Diplomats & Admirals, drawing on military and State Department original source documents, some that had been classified for 75 years. The book showed how the war with Japan need never to have occurred; a diplomatic resolution was possible as late as two weeks before Pearl Harbor. The book also details ADM Nimitz’s battle plan for a concentration of force at Midway, a plan that was not followed and was overlooked following the great victory, albeit at higher cost of ships and personnel. Jenkins is a graduate of Harvard University, where he was a NROTC student, and a MBA graduate of Columbia University.
HOMEPORT: New York and Florida. (A private funding source supports travel throughout the U.S.)
AREAS OF EXPERTISE: Diplomatic history of the United States prior to Pearl Harbor; Early naval battles of the Pacific War, particularly Midway; current geopolitics
PUBLICATIONS: Diplomats & Admirals, 2022, over 300 reviews on Amazon, mostly five-star. Forthcoming book, 2026: Never Nowhere, a debunking of the Weisheit book of 1993 that disparaged ADM Mitscher and created the fiction of the Flight to Nowhere. Web Site Publications (www.daleajenkins.com): Pearl Harbor and Cordell Hull: The Breaking Point of Diplomacy; The Unsung Heroes of the Battle of Midway; China’s Armed forces Build-Up: Yesterday’s News – Or Tomorrow’s?; Admiral Nimitz’s Forgotten Battle Plan for Midway; USS Constitution as CNO Flagship; Law on Campus; It’s Time to Have Primary Elections for Vice President; Armed forces Involvement in Tactical and Strategic Decisions; Negotiate With Hitler?; How China Provoked the Attack on Pearl Harbor; Support the Philippine Navy; The Perils of Victory in World War II.
APPEARANCES: USS Iowa (C-Span); (Nimitz) Museum of the Pacific War; Naval Order presentations: National, New York and Tampa; libraries and podcasts