Washington : 7 December 1941
Internment
The repatriation ships and the transfer at Lourenço Marques
Singapore (Shōnan)
Growing tension between Japan and the United States
The Sino-Japanese War
Motives and goals for war with the United States
Causes of war between Japan and the United States
Was war between Japan and the United States inevitable?
Attempts at conciliation, sanctions, and an aborted summit conference
The Tōjō cabinet and the failure of negotiations
The Hull note
Conspiracy theories
Declaration of war or termination of negotiations?
Hiding of the war-decision by Japan
The unannounced war with Britain
Transmission of the final memorandum and the timing of its delivery
The mystery of the delayed telegrams
The embassy blamed for delaying the final memorandum
President Roosevelt's personal message to the Japanese emperor
The military delays transmission of the final memorandum
The strengths and weaknesses of Roosevelt's personal diplomacy
Responsibility for the delay of final notification to the United States
The complex question of war responsibility
The end of a myth?