Scholar's Bookshelf 2005 reprint edition. Noting that tensions in political relations between Japan and the United States were expected in some quarters to lead to war, the author published this perceptive book in 1921, studying the naval outlook in the Pacific and the strategic situation of the naval powers,"the full significance of which does not appear to be realised either in Japan or the United States." The book presents an indispensable summary of the state of the Japanese Navy at the time, its ships, men, material, administration, shipbuilding resources, submarines and aircraft, strategy, and a concluding chapter, "Possible Features of a War in the Pacific." Reprint edition. 2005: 342 pages + 4 maps. Softcover.