This was a book that was hard to dislike because it at least talked about the American Empire, and its consequences. Books on this topic, at least in this country and this widely available, are few and far between, much less books taking a critical stance. Were this a book on the American Empire it would be a very intriguing read. It is however a work on the causes of the Pacific War of 1941-1945, and Bradley's focus varies chapter to chapter from condemnation of colonial prejudices, to racial tensions without tying them back in to his goal very clearly, or very well. However what Bradley does, he does well, and aside from some glaring errors, it was sentence by sentence a well written if not a very well tied together book.