Going to War with Japan, 1937-1941 With a new introduction [Paperback]

How did Japan and the United States end up at war
on December 7, 1941? What American decisions might
have provoked the Japanese decision to attack Pearl Harbor?
In this classic study of the run up to World War II, Utley
examines the ways domestic politics shaped Americas
response to Japanese moves in the Pacific.

Utley argues that the path to war was laid in the years before 1940, when American foreign policy managers could not see that their apparently moderate actions condemning Japanfrom verbal protests to moral embargoesessentially precluded accommodation with Tokyo. . . . The result was an almost classical tragedy . . .succinct and compelling.Clearly and forcefully written.A concise,well-written overview of those controversial years.