Was WWII Inevitable? Take a Close Look at the Ocean County Library Jackson Branch

JACKSON TOWNSHIP – Months before the bombing of Pearl Harbor triggered a full scale world war, could United States officials have defused the situation? Join military historian Paul E. Zigo for “A Failure in American Diplomacy: Summer 1941” at the Ocean County Library Jackson Branch, 7 PM Wednesday, August 21.

Many historians contend that war in the Pacific was inevitable. Others insist that a window of opportunity to resolve issues diplomatically existed in summer 1941. Zigo’s discussion will explore the course that American diplomats chose and examine why it failed.

Paul E. Zigo (Colonel, USA, Ret.) is a history professor, author, lecturer and founder of New Jersey’s World War II Era Studies Institute and a founding sponsor of the National Museum of the U.S. Army.

He authored Unconditional Surrender: Witnessing History – May 1945 and co-wrote When Men Have To Die: Harry J. Whittinghill’s Memoir of the Bataan Death March, both available at the Ocean County Library.  

The presentation is one of more than 20 programs of military, political and social history primarily from World War II through the Vietnam conflict that the Institute offers. 

Please register at https://tinyurl.com/OclJacksonZigo for this free program. For more information, stop by the OCL Jackson Branch, 2 Jackson Drive, call (732) 928-4400, or visit https://theoceancountylibrary.org/events.

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