PEARL HARBOR. THE MISSING MOTIVE - Tecno-Libro

it was an audacious attack. The Sunday morning bombing of Pearl Harbor by the imperial Japanese Navy tore the heart out of the proud Pacific Fleet and dealt the Americans a stunning defeat. it was a futile attack, made against a nation the Japanese could not defeat, and done in such a way as could only enrage the Americans. No military goal was advanced by the operation. The Japanese were well aware of all this, none more so than Admiral Yamamoto, Commander of the imperial Fleet. Yet in 1941, against the advice of the entire Japanese naval command, this adamant opponent of conflict with the United States insisted on beginning a war against the British and Dutch with a surprise attack on the Americans. Why? Not oil. Yes, the Americans had stopped selling oil to Japan, cutting off 80% of their supply, but the Japanese could have countered the embargo in several ways.The book details the alternative paths Japan could have taken to obtain oil without getting into a war with the United States.