A war it was always going to lose : why Japan attacked America in 1941 /

A war it was always going to lose : why Japan attacked America in 1941 /

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	Record, Jeffrey.
Edition:	1st ed.
Imprint:	Washington, D.C. : Potomac Books, ©2011.
Description:	1 online resource (xiii, 167 pages)
Language:	English
Subject:	World War, 1939-1945 -- Causes. World War, 1939-1945 -- Japan. World War, 1939-1945 -- Pacific Area. Diplomatic relations. Military policy. Politics and government War -- Causes. Japan -- Military policy. Japan -- Politics and government -- 1926-1945. Japan -- Foreign relations -- United States. United States -- Foreign relations -- Japan. Japan. Pacific Area. United States.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11278296

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ISBN:	9781597975766 1597975761 9781597975346 1597975346
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index. Print version record.
Summary:	Makes sense of Japan's seemingly incomprehensible decision to go to war against the United States.
Other form:	Print version: Record, Jeffrey. War it was always going to lose. 1st ed. Washington, D.C. : Potomac Books, ©2011 9781597975346

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.