and do anything in publicu likea this.r over why should i ask a question that on i can ask her over the breakfast table? on the other hand one doesn'the rarely norma discuss japanese naval strategy in 1941 over thea breakfastte table. y opportunity to discuss it a little bit further. and one of the things that i find most interesting about the book, and revealing and possibly for many readers in this country also is that it tackles a myth about pearl harbor. and one of the myths is which was, of course, very much encouraged in the postwar period not only the japanese themselves but the american administration is that japan had been hijacked by the militarist and the civilians really were not to blame for what happened. it it was a kind of militarist cue, and the japanese people ab and the emperor himself were really sort of duped by the militarist embarking this reckless adventure. what would you say to that particular myth? it was a very easy and convenient myth. it disengaged quite a few people who were actually responsible in reality and of course for the japanese nation as well to t