What Were They Thinking?: A Fresh Look at Japan at War, 1941-45
- ISBN-10
- 0557043336
- ISBN-13
- 9780557043330
- Series
- What Were They Thinking?
- Category
- Japan
- Pages
- 187
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2008-01-01
- Authors
- John D. Beatty, Lee A. Rochwerger
Description
The military leadership of Japan, dominated by the ages-old clans of the samurai class, embarked on a war in 1941 believing that the Americans and British wouldn't fight, but they also knew that Japan could not win a prolonged war. If the West didn't quit, well, the Japanese had no contingency for that. So why did Japan start a war at all? This and other questions are addressed in this new book. Other topics include: With a few exceptions, the Japanese Army was not well equipped, but was trained to attack even if the situation was hopeless; the Japanese Navy was never adequate to the task required of it in the Pacific War and the merchant fleet was even wors; the Japanese air forces suffered from acute shortages throughout the conflict that were often the result of their industrial shortcomings. Beatty and Rochwerger discuss these and many other issues in this provocative and imaginative inquiry into Japan in World War II. Photos, index.
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