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Title: Percy L. Greaves papers
Date (inclusive): 1939-1988
Collection Number: 2000C98
Contributing Institution: Hoover Institution Library and Archives
Language of Material:
English
Physical Description:
19 manuscript boxes
(7.6 Linear Feet)
Abstract: Correspondence, writings, notes, testimony, interview transcripts, reports, and printed matter, relating to the Japanese attack
on Pearl Harbor, and to laissez-faire economics.
Creator:
Greaves, Percy L., Jr, 1906-1984
Creator:
United States. Congress. Joint Committee on the Investigation of the Pearl Harbor Attack
Physical Location: Hoover Institution Library & Archives
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Acquisition Information
Acquired by the Hoover Institution Library & Archives in 2000.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], Percy L. Greaves papers, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives.
Biographical/Historical Note
American economist; minority counsel, Joint Congressional Committee on the Investigation of the Pearl Harbor Attack, 1945-1946.
Scope and Content of Collection
Percy Greaves was active in the 1946 congressional review of the circumstances and lack of preparedness during the Pearl Harbor
Attacks of 1941. Relating to this matter, Greaves had collected large amounts of evidence regarding the leadup to the attacks
on December 7th, 1941. This evidence includes diplomatic messages between the U.S. and Japan, as well as military documents
such as estimates of Japanese force strengths in the Pacific Ocean Region.
Additionally, Greaves was a laissez-faire economist and a longtime associate and friend of Ludwig von Mises. Greaves papers
include correspondence and published works pertaining to economic matters such as fiscal and monetary policy during the cold
war era. He authored several books on economics, including
Understanding the Dollar Crisis (1973) and
Mises Made Easier (1974).
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Free enterprise
Pearl Harbor (Hawaii), Attack on, 1941
World War, 1939-1945 -- United States