2006-10-10 10:40:05 · 8 answers · asked by Tyler J 1 in Politics & Government ➔ Other - Politics & Government
the people or the government?
the government was run by militarists who'd had the idea of an attack on America for many years. the perspective was the desire for regional dominance.
the people were under the control of a right-wing military government flush with success in China over 7 or 8 years and now much of South East Asia. many were still peasants.
2006-10-10 10:40:58 · answer #1 · answered by Boring 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
They were terrified that American Imperialistic thinking was going to choke them off from badly needed raw materials. They were afraid that our movement into the Asian theater was a prelude toward the ultimate overthrow of Japan and its diminishing as a power.
2006-10-10 17:54:58 · answer #2 · answered by onelonevoice 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They were the land of the rising sun. The emperor was the descendant of the god of the sun and the Japanese were the chosen people of the sun god and being as such were the chosen people to rule over everything because they were superior people.
2006-10-10 17:42:32 · answer #3 · answered by weebles 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
after centuries of isolation, in the 1800s Japan decided to westernize. Emulating the great European powers, they decided they needed an empire.
2006-10-10 17:52:00 · answer #4 · answered by kent_shakespear 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
"Hey fellows, let's bomb Pearl Harbor". (Sorry.)
They had to destroy our ships, and control the Pacific in order for them to have victory.
We had stopped selling them iron and/or oil, which they had to have in order to fight.
(I think. Not sure, but close.)
Good question.
2006-10-10 17:47:35 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Emperor and Hitler were on quests for world domination.
They both lost.
2006-10-10 17:42:59 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
They wanted to sneak over here and poke us in the eye before we decided to go over there and crush their nuts !
2006-10-10 17:42:42 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Perspective on what?
2006-10-10 17:42:02 · answer #8 · answered by kingstubborn 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋