http://www.thepunch.com.au/author-bios/peter-mauch/ Peter Mauch is a Lecturer of History in the School of Humanities and Languages at the University of Western Sydney (Australia). He is the author of three books, including Sailor Diplomat: Nomura Kichisabur? and the Japanese-American War (Harvard University Press Harvard East Asian Monographs, under contract). 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Search The Punch keywords http://www.thepunch.com.au/search/ http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/pearl-harbor-attack-highlights-lack-of-intelligence/ Author Craig Shirley announced with some fanfare in The Australian that the United States had “no intelligence of a potential Japanese attack.” Tell us something we don’t know. Writing all the way back in 1962, Roberta Wohlstetter made clear that the United States “failed to anticipate [the] Pearl Harbor [attack] not for want of the relevant materials, but because of a plethora of irrelevant issues.” feedback@thepunch.com.au (Peter Mauch) Article http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/pearl-harbor-attack-highlights-lack-of-intelligence/#comments http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/pearl-harbor-attack-highlights-lack-of-intelligence/#item7343 Fri, 09 Dec 2011 19:50:00 +0000 Peter Mauch | Author bios | The Punch http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/rudds-urgent-briefings-show-lack-of-compassion/ It’s time that Mr. Rudd learned some manners. Imagine, for a moment, that your house has caught fire. Imagine that some of your family members are still inside the house. You are doing everything within your power to get them out, and to safety. At the same time, you know that some of your family members have already died. feedback@thepunch.com.au (Peter Mauch) Article http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/rudds-urgent-briefings-show-lack-of-compassion/#comments http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/rudds-urgent-briefings-show-lack-of-compassion/#item5379 Mon, 14 Mar 2011 19:45:26 +0000 Peter Mauch | Author bios | The Punch http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/hello-mr-abbott-ms-gillard-i-can-help-you/ I have long thought that historians have a role to play in Australia’s policymaking process. In particular, I have wondered about historians’ potential for warning political parties against bad policies. Recently, I have begun to think that historians might be able to move beyond advice on good or bad policy, and also offer advice on good or bad politics. These are not random musings. I am an international historian teaching at the University of Western Sydney. An Australian citizen, I have only recently returned to Australia after spending ten years in Japanese academia. During that time, I spent much time wishing – admittedly forlornly – that someone in the Rudd Cabinet would seek my advice concerning Australian-Japanese relations. Whaling seems to push mercifully few of PM Julia Gillard’s buttons. That has – thankfully – resulted in a smoother Australian-Japanese relationship than was the case during much of Kevin Rudd’s time at the top. It has also forced me to look elsewhere for bad policies and bad politics. feedback@thepunch.com.au (Peter Mauch) Article http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/hello-mr-abbott-ms-gillard-i-can-help-you/#comments http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/hello-mr-abbott-ms-gillard-i-can-help-you/#item5125 Wed, 16 Feb 2011 19:25:20 +0000 Peter Mauch | Author bios | The Punch http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/assanges-claims-jar-with-reality/ Some one hundred years ago, US President Woodrow Wilson led the United States into World War I. He did so championing a new world order designed to avoid war. Wilson’s new order was characterized, among other things, by an “open” diplomacy that discarded the secret dealings and alliances of the past. Wilson’s open diplomacy ran headlong into the realities of world politics; he met with stinging rejection by the US people; and within 20 years, the world was again at war. Wikileaks founder Julian Assange would have us believe that he, alone, can succeed where President Wilson failed. feedback@thepunch.com.au (Peter Mauch) Article http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/assanges-claims-jar-with-reality/#comments http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/assanges-claims-jar-with-reality/#item4876 Wed, 12 Jan 2011 19:40:28 +0000 Peter Mauch | Author bios | The Punch