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Deeper Lessons from December 7th, 1941'
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<blockquote data-quote="Jones" data-source="post: 442410" data-attributes="member: 4805"><p>John Toland wrote one of the most in depth <a href="http://search.barnesandnoble.com/The-Rising-Sun/John-Toland/e/9780812968583" target="_blank"><span style="color: Blue"><u>accounts of the wa</u></span></a><span style="color: Blue"><u>r</u></span> between the USA and Japan, including the events leading up to it. I would not say that the Roosevelt deliberately provoked the war, but when you look at our economic actions from the Japanese perspective at the time, you can certainly see how they convinced themselves that the USA's endgame in the pacific included their military defeat sooner or later, and that the only chance they had of winning was to strike first.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Jones, post: 442410, member: 4805"] John Toland wrote one of the most in depth [URL="http://search.barnesandnoble.com/The-Rising-Sun/John-Toland/e/9780812968583"][COLOR=Blue][U]accounts of the wa[/U][/COLOR][/URL][COLOR=Blue][U]r[/U][/COLOR] between the USA and Japan, including the events leading up to it. I would not say that the Roosevelt deliberately provoked the war, but when you look at our economic actions from the Japanese perspective at the time, you can certainly see how they convinced themselves that the USA's endgame in the pacific included their military defeat sooner or later, and that the only chance they had of winning was to strike first. [/QUOTE]
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