A War It Was Always Going to Lose : Why Japan Attacked America in 1941 /

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Makes sense of Japan's seemingly incomprehensible decision to go to war against the United States.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Record, Jeffrey
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Washington, D.C. : Potomac Books, 2011.
Edition:1st ed.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
War > Causes.
Politics and government
Military policy.
Diplomatic relations.
HISTORY > Military > World War II.
Guerre mondiale, 1939-1945 > Pacifique, Region du.
Guerre mondiale, 1939-1945 > Japon.
Guerre mondiale, 1939-1945 > Causes.
World War, 1939-1945 > Pacific Area.
World War, 1939-1945 > Japan.
World War, 1939-1945 > Causes.
United States.
Pacific Area.
Japan.
Japon > Relations exterieures > États-Unis.
Japon > Politique et gouvernement > 1926-1945.
United States > Foreign relations > Japan.
Japan > Foreign relations > United States.
Japan > Politics and government > 1926-1945.
Japan > Military policy.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction : a "strategic imbecility"?
  • Sources of Japanese-American tension
  • Japanese aggression and U.S. policy responses, 1937-1941
  • Japanese assumptions and decision making
  • Failed deterrence
  • Was the Pacific War inevitable?
  • The enduring lessons of 1941.

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