Military History

Answer following questions answered using the provided source.

(1.a.) According to Wilmott, why did Japan attack China?

(1.b.) How did Japan’s war with China adversely affect Japan’s war against the United States?

(2.a.) What does Wilmott say were the keys to American victory over Japan?

(2.b.) What are the characteristics Wilmott uses to describe the “American way of war?”

(2.c.) Would the same doctrine be applicable against a foe like Iran, China, North Korea, or Russia? Why or why not?

The source is as follows: Carroll, John M. & Colin F. Baxter. The American Military Tradition: From Colonial Times to the Present, Second Edition. Lanham, MD: Rowan & Littlefield. 2007. [Ch.8. All pages are attached. No longer than 1 singcgole spaced page in total.