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Evaluate the wisdom of the Statesn insistence on the haughty autumn of Japan.Introduction     The United States of the States is a warrior area. To pretend otherwise ignores a case history colorise in red blood and gun smoke. Despite this, the American national conscience seeks forever the moral high ground. This national need extends to Americas ability to wage and sustain war. World War II was no exception. The Call to Arms came only after Japans killing of unprepared men in Pearl Harbor. The nation did non see the attack as an attack on a decriminalize target but as an immoral attack. Giving in to its warrior spirit, the nation looked for retribution. Unable to shake a conscience developed and tempered by its early religious heritage, though, the nation needed more exculpation than genuine revenge for the coming actions it would take. Americas policy of Unconditional Surrender provided this justification. Implied in Unconditional Surrender was the con cept of Unconditional Warfare hit war. Further implied in the concept of total war was the justification for a fully violent and vengeful response. America needed the moral justification implied in the policy of Unconditional Surrender.Elegant Violence Nipponese v. American views on Warfare     To the Japanese, the concept of Unconditional Surrender was a nightmare. The Japanese government had instilled in its people the idea that Unconditional Surrender to American forces would involve horrendous tortures and degradations. Whether or not the Japanese government real believed their own war propaganda, there was concern among the Japanese leadership that Unconditional Surrender would mean the end of Japan as a nation-state imputable to the expected American dismantling of the Japanese Imperial system (Freedman 201).     The American publics perception of Unconditional Surrender was not inescapably the perception of the nations leaders, tho ugh. In fact, most post-war planners in chapiter saw Americas Unconditional Surrender policy as flexible (James 725) . However, the President did not choose to share his actual views on Unconditional Surrender with the public. To do so, would have been to negate the violent dictatorial behind Americas total war against Japan.Japanese and American perceptions of total war were much more in accord. Both the Japanese and American military cultures had strange and sometimes conflicting ideas about legalise actions and targets. Both cultures could justify outrageous carnage and destruction in the interest of victory. That being said, the Japanese militarys almost fanatic loyalty to Mahanian warfare mixed with their own Samurai code meant that, many times during the war, Japanese commanders passed up incredible targets of opportunities deeming them not worthy enough.