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By Jonathan Marshall
Jonathan Marshall makes a provocative assertion: it was once no longer ideological or nationwide defense issues that led the United States into conflict with Japan in 1941. as a substitute, he argues, it was once a fight for entry to Southeast Asia's big storehouse of commoditiesrubber, oil, and tin that drew the U.S. into the clash. Boldly departing from traditional knowledge, Marshall reexamines the political panorama of the time and recreates the mounting rigidity and worry that gripped U.S. officers within the months ahead of the conflict. strange in its wide use of formerly neglected records and experiences, this paintings documents the dilemmas of the Roosevelt management: it first and foremost was hoping to keep away from clash with Japan and, after many diplomatic overtures, it got here to work out conflict as inevitable. Marshall additionally explores the ways in which overseas conflicts frequently stem from rivalries over land, nutrients, strength, and undefined. His insights into ''resource war,'' the contest for crucial commodities, will shed new mild on U.S. involvement in different conflictsnotably in Vietnam and the Persian Gulf.
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