The Stand Off Between Japan and America Could Have Been Sold Peacefully

Most americans did not see a direct attack from japan coming, but they did anticipate some kind of retributive action in response to the embargoes that they levelled. The us may have been an industrial bamoth on the eve of the attack, but its war machine still had a fair amount of catching up to do before we finished. We'll be going into much more depth on the days and hours leading up to the attack with the historian and journalist steve tome.