Abraham Ben-zvi 
Illusion Of Deterrence [PDF ebook] 
The Roosevelt Presidency And The Origins Of The Pacific War

The aim of this book is to specifically, expose the conceptual origins of the American failure to deter Japan, to a higher level of understanding regarding the general limits of deterrence and of coercive diplomacy will be achieved. It is similarly hoped that by underscoring the role which certain basic cognitive (and bureaucratic) processes played