Japan likewise put her hopes of victory on a different basis from that prevalent in the United States. (...) Even when she was winning, her civilian statesmen, her High Command, and her soldiers repeated that this was no contest between armaments; it was pitting of our faith in things against their faith in spirit. Ruth Benedict
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Japan likewise put her hopes of victory on a different basis from that prevalent in the United States. (...) Even when she was winning, her civilian statesmen, her High Command, and her soldiers repeated that this was no contest between armaments; it was pitting of our faith in things against their faith in spirit. This is an excellent example of the Japanese ability to look at the whole picture and see where victory lies. Japan’s army was not just using brute force to defeat the United States.

They were using the best parts of the U.S. army to defeat them. Such a strategy requires a great deal of foresight and insight, and Japan had both.

Source: The Chrysanthemum And The Sword: Patterns Of Japanese Culture

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