{"product_id":"japanese-war-fantasy-1933","title":"Japanese War Fantasy 1933","description":"\u003cstrong\u003eA bombshell dropped onto Honolulu docks in 1933—by\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eominous coincidence, on December 7. It was merely a crate of Japanese pulp fiction titled \u003cem\u003eAccount of the Future US-Japan War\u003c\/em\u003e. The book gave readers a foretaste of the strategy, tactics, and weaponry of the next world war.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cbr\u003e\r\nUnlike other popular war fiction of the day, this riveting techno-thriller was written by a Japanese naval commander with forewords by two prominent admirals of the imperial navy.\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cbr\u003e\r\nAuthor Kyosuke Fukunaga's dramatic tale foretold the roles of naval air power, submarines, radio communications, intelligence, civil affairs, propaganda, and racial unrest. The book details Japanese attacks on Guam, the Philippines, and Hawaii. But Fukunaga’s most eye-opening revelations reveal Japanese strategists’ faulty expectations of an enemy that supposedly lacked the will to fight.\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cbr\u003e\r\nUS Customs quietly confiscated Fukunaga's book—prompted by concerned Japanese Americans, who thought the book might seduce Hawaiian Nikkei to treason and poison race relations.\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cbr\u003e\r\nNevertheless, this unusual ban of a work of fiction ignited headlines around the world after US intelligence leaked a translation of the novel to a Hearst newspaper in Washington, DC.\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cbr\u003e\r\nThe incident faded from public memory, and the translation was tucked into a file in the military intelligence archives.  In 1941, a slew of Japanese bombshells rained on Pearl Harbor and turned Fukunaga’s fantasy into reality.\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cem\u003eJapanese War Fantasy 1933\u003c\/em\u003e delves into the content, background, and impact of Fukunaga’s explosive novel and also examines other prewar Japanese propaganda efforts in the Americas.\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cbr\u003e\r\nUsing the contemporaneous translation of Fukunaga’s text by military intelligence linguist Maj. Edward J. Witsell, editor Jamie Bisher has presented an edited and annotated version of the controversial novel, illustrated with artwork and photographs from the Naval Historical Center, National Archives, Library of Congress, and Gordon W. Prange Papers at the University of Maryland.  [AuthorName]By Kyosuke Fukunaga and Edited by Jamie Bisher[\/AuthorName][AuthorBio]\u003cstrong\u003eJamie Bisher\u003c\/strong\u003e has a passion for sleuthing through early-20th-century intelligence files at the National Archives. He has published three books and over 20 articles in various historical magazines and journals. He is the only freelancer who has ever published features in both \u003cem\u003eSoldier of Fortune\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eCat Fancy\u003c\/em\u003e, and he earned acknowledgments for assistance to authors James Palmer (\u003cem\u003eBloody White Baron\u003c\/em\u003e) and John S. D. Eisenhower (\u003cem\u003eIntervention!\u003c\/em\u003e). Bisher holds a BS degree from the United States Air Force Academy, a graduate certificate in linguistics from American University, and a master's degree in international management from the University of Maryland.  \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e[\/AuthorBio][NumIllustration]120 color and b\/w photos[\/NumIllustration][CoAuthor][\/CoAuthor][SubTitle]An Edited and Annotated Translation of \"Account of the Future US-Japan War\"[\/SubTitle][ColorPattern]120 color and b\/w photos[\/ColorPattern]","brand":"Schiffer Publishing, Ltd.","offers":[{"title":"Paperback \/ softback","offer_id":68384012075231,"sku":"9780764366468","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/0151\/5999\/files\/9780764366468.jpg?v=1793920122","url":"https:\/\/allbridge.shop\/products\/japanese-war-fantasy-1933","provider":"Hadley \u0026 West","version":"1.0","type":"link"}