Japan 1941: Countdown to Infamy

Eri Hotta examines the internal decision-making process in Japan leading up to the attack on Pearl Harbor, focusing on the perspective of the Japanese leadership. The book details how divided officials and cultural pressures drove the nation into a war that many of its own top leaders believed was unwinnable. It highlights the dysfunctional political and military structures that facilitated a momentum toward conflict through miscalculation and bureaucratic inertia.