Japan's Decision for War in 1941: Some Enduring Lessons
http://www.strategicstudiesinstitute.army.mil/pubs/display.cfm?pubID=905
Though Japanese aggression in East Asia was the root cause of the Pacific War, the author argues that the road to war in 1941 was built on American as well as Japanese miscalculations, and that both sides suffered from cultural ignorance and racial arrogance. From the Strategic Studies Institute of the U.S. Army War College.
