Wow...Not so much Boys Scouts...IE...Not so much prepared

So this is the first book I have "read" by listening to it. I will probably buy a hard copy later as it is excellent. So far the most intriguing, though horrific part, is the Japanese's treatment of the Chinese in the event known as "The Rape of Nanking" I knew it was awful, but the accounts here are seriously disturbing. Aside from that, the first-person accounts all say the same thing;

1. The Americans completely underestimated the "small people".

2. The Americans were completely unprepared for this attack.

3. The Americans were so unprepared and delusional with regards to what an Asian nation could do that even during the attack, especially early, they thought it was a training exercise. They could NOT believe in a Japanese attack (to their detriment, obviously).

4. That heroes would emerge, because heroes needed to emerge.