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Examines the attack on Pearl Harbor from the Japanese perspective.
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Publisher:
New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2013.
Edition:
First edition.
ISBN:
9780385350518
0385350511
0385350511
Characteristics:
1 online resource (xxi, 320 pages) : illustrations, map.
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Add a QuoteBy allying with Japan and Italy, Germany hoped to deter the United States and minimize the chance of US participation in a European war.
when Japan sent planes to attack Pearl Harbor, it was mired in economic and political uncertainties.
Japan had entered into a situation of war with the United States and Britain in the western pacific before dawn.
Broadly speaking, one of the biggest obstacles to withdrawing from a war, especially a war you are losing is justifying the blood spilled and the money spent.
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Add a CommentThis thoroughly researched, very readable work gives great insight into how and why Japan stumbled into WWII step-by-step. Interspersed with actual quotes and communications from the leaders, it shows how a modern nation, arguably the most advanced in Asia, engaged itself in a war that it knew it was almost certain to lose with an industrial, continental powerhouse, the U.S. I think that if only this story applied to the Japan of 1941, it would only be a well-told story to gaze upon with sadness, but the leaders of contemporary countries would do well to study the mistakes made and hope not to repeat them.
An excellent, highly readable book. I give it my highest recommendation.
Excellent work for both the knowledgeable & the novice. While a bit dense at times regarding background material all of it is relevant and worthwhile. Highly recommended.