"What leader would broker a peace treaty with a nation that in cold blood launches an unprovoked attack on its sovereign soil, sinks a number of capital ships from its prestigious Pacific fleet and also kills thousands of US citizens. Did Japan seriously think that the USA would say, 'We forgive you!'"
Along similar lines, Bush / the UN did with Iraq after GW1.
glojo
What do you mean by this ?
"My thoughts are that America tried desperately to keep Great Britain on the peripherals because they felt so aggrieved?? "
"on the peripherals" of what ?
The Pacific War ?