Japanese War Fantasy 1933: An Edited and Annotated Translation of "Account of the Future US-Japan War"

A bombshell dropped onto Honolulu docks in 1933—by ominous coincidence, on December 7. It was merely a crate of Japanese pulp fiction titled Account of the Future US-Japan War. The book gave readers a foretaste of the strategy, tactics, and weaponry of the next world war.

Unlike 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.

Author Kyosuke Fukunaga's dramatic tale ...