While its common to say that the most predictable thing about the next war is its unpredictability, that was not the case in the run-up to war with Japan. From Commodore Matthew Perrys voyage into Japanese waters in 1853 to the attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941, the United States and Japan were on a collision course. The saga is brought to life using primary-source documents, memoirs, and first-hand testimonies of those who lived during that era. It was General Billy Mitchell who recognised the signs and foresaw the eventual showdown between the two nations twenty-eight years before the tragedy of Pearl Harbor, but his spot-on predictions were dismissed out of hand. Discover one of the most exciting periods in American history through General Mitchells prescient reports, providing new insight into an ages-old conflict.