comment on major theme

Japanese Determination is a major theme. The authors describe how the Japanese emperor encouraged a way of thinking for the Japanese army that created a sense of determination stronger than the natural sense of self-preservation, creating an unprecedented dangerous threat. The authors make clear that they see this Japanese determination as a combination of ingrained, bloodthirsty chauvinism and an emperor removed from the consequences of his decisions, and that this justifies using the atomic bomb against them.