Causes of WWII/Pacific Theatre

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A 5 page research paper that draws on a book that presents primary documents from the era. The cause of the War in the Pacific during World War II between the United States and Japan is typically attributed simply to the surprise attack by the Japanese on Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941. However, this event did not occur in a vacuum, but rather evolved out of the political context of the time and was seen by the Japanese as a logical consequence of the failure of diplomatic negotiations between the US and Japan to resolve the disputes between the two countries. Primary source documents from the months preceding the Japanese attack and the instigation of war reveal that both the US and Japan were intent on maintaining specific positions that they saw as non-negotiable. These positions constitute the causes that led like a fuse to a power keg in initiating the Pacific War. Bibliography lists 1 source.