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1 online resource (1 audio file (13hr., 17 min.)) : digital. |
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digital digital recording rda |
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data file rda |
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Digital content provided by hoopla. |
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Read by Laural Merlington. |
| Summary |
When Japan attacked the United States in 1941, argues Eri Hotta, its leaders, in large part, understood they were entering a conflict they were bound to lose. Availing herself of rarely consulted material, Hotta poses essential questions overlooked by historians in the seventy years since: Why did these men-military men, civilian politicians, diplomats, the emperor-put their country and its citizens in harm's way? Why did they make a decision that was doomed from the start? Introducing us to the doubters, bluffers, and schemers who led their nation into this conflagration, Hotta brilliantly shows us a Japan never before glimpsed-eager to avoid war but fraught with tensions with the West, blinded by traditional notions of pride and honor, nearly escaping disaster before it finally proved inevitable. |
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Mode of access: World Wide Web. |
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World War, 1939-1945 -- Japan.
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Military planning -- Japan -- History -- 20th century.
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Japan -- Military policy -- History -- 20th century.
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Japan -- Politics and government -- 1926-1945.
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War -- Decision making.
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Pearl Harbor (Hawaii), Attack on, 1941.
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Merlington, Laural.
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hoopla digital.
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| ISBN |
9781452696775 (sound recording : hoopla Audio Book) |
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1452696772 (sound recording : hoopla Audio Book) |
| Music No. |
MWT11412287 |
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