The Japanese people were rapidly succumbing to what would later be called shoribyo, or “victory disease” – a faith that Japan was invincible, and could afford to treat its enemies with contempt. Its symptoms were overconfidence, a failure to weigh risks properly, and a basic misunderstanding of the enemy.
-Ian W. Toll
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