I think the possibility is distinct that the requirement for an unconditional surrender was a direct result of the shivering outrage that many Americans felt about the whole Japanese war, Pearl Harbor, rape camps, the Burma Road, and all. When I look back at what it must have felt like to loose friends or family or lovers in the initial strafing and bombing of Pearl Harbor, I can well imagine that nothing less than complete absolute surrender would ever move the Americans to fall back.

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