<p><span class="deck"> Sixteen years before Pearl Harbor an English naval expert uncannily prophesied in detail the war in the Pacific. Now comes evidence that the Japanese heeded his theories—but not his warnings</span> </p>
<p><span class="deck">A former Department of Defense adviser—one of Robert S. McNamara’s Whiz Kids—explains why we tend to overestimate Russian strength, and why we underestimate what it will cost to defend ourselves.</span></p>
<p><span class="deck">George Henry Sharpe’s Bureau of Military Information helped win the Civil War, and is especially worth remembering today.</span></p>
<p><span class="deck">A young man from Queens jumps into the thick of World War II intelligence activities by translating secret Japanese messages</span></p>