One man's intimidation move could be another man's opportunity. Sometimes it just requires somebody willing to gamble farther than most people are willing to go. He sums up though by saying, madness is, however, an affliction which, in war, carries with it the advantage of surprise.
Deep themes run through this show, with allegations of Japanese war crimes and atrocities in China at the start leading to eerily familiar, almost modern questions over how the world should respond. And then Dec 7, 1941 arrives...