12-13-2006, 02:17 AM
Of course there is!
You are right about how textbooks do that. History is written by the victors. All sides should be viewed historically, and then you can decide what went down, or why.
I can't pull down figures from the top of my head, but if I remember correctly, the attack on Pearl Harbor was designed to destroy America's naval capabilities in the entire pacific.
Japan's move was sneaky, but it should have worked. They just didn't count on the fact that the American people wouldn't become afraid, but rather pissed. America had an isolationist movement, which kept us out of the war, at least until we were attacked directly. Japan figured that since we wouldn't fight, that a huge attack would only keep us on the sidelines.
Watch this. It basically describes WW2 up until the point that the U.S. joined.
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=6873555067484385731&q=Robot+Chicken+Hitler&hl=en
It is a joke, but it is true.
You are right about how textbooks do that. History is written by the victors. All sides should be viewed historically, and then you can decide what went down, or why.
I can't pull down figures from the top of my head, but if I remember correctly, the attack on Pearl Harbor was designed to destroy America's naval capabilities in the entire pacific.
Japan's move was sneaky, but it should have worked. They just didn't count on the fact that the American people wouldn't become afraid, but rather pissed. America had an isolationist movement, which kept us out of the war, at least until we were attacked directly. Japan figured that since we wouldn't fight, that a huge attack would only keep us on the sidelines.
Watch this. It basically describes WW2 up until the point that the U.S. joined.
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=6873555067484385731&q=Robot+Chicken+Hitler&hl=en
It is a joke, but it is true.
