The author Rahm Emanuel (chief of staff to Obama, and current ambassador to Japan) is wrong. There is one expert who saw the rise of Japan, and that is George Friedman. I read Friedman’s books. He has been saying Japan will become so powerful it will go war with USA since the 1990s
The United States new in advance about the bombing of pearl harbor, they mentioned it in Pineapple Express newspaper, this was mentioned in the Greatest Story Never Told, but the newspaper headline they mentioned was available from a third party source online
The United States barricaded Japanese supply routes, attacking the United States was a defensive act and the United States was to blame
But I am not saying it was defensive of Japan to attack China or other countries
