Publisher's Synopsis
Excerpt from The Battle for the Pacific, Vol. 1: And Other Adventures at Sea
When we became a great Pacific power, and undertook new responsibilities in acquiring Hawaii and the Philippines, we gained new neighbors. Among them is the gallant nation of Japan, whose bravery in war and mastery Of the arts have caused the whole world to wonder. In the middle Of the nineteenth cen tury our country introduced Japan to the outer world, and the friendship begun then will, we trust, continue always. Some of the story tellers in this book have selected Japan as an antagonist in their imaginative pictures of future wars, and others have chosen England. But the fact that an En'glishmm or Japanese or an American plays a fighting part in a story and comes to grief does not assuredly mean any hostile prediction or expression of ill-will towards his particular country. Quite aside from the dramatic interest of our tales Of great naval encounters, some Of these ingenious stories lead to results which would quickly put an end to war - a result to be earnestly hoped for.
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