The Physical World to the West [War from the West-Least expected because least understood, the Japanese threat rose to reality against these backdrops]. Richard Edes Harrison, War from the West: The Physical World to the West, Fortune supplement, January 1942. Issued immediately after Pearl Harbor, this striking hemispheric view turns the Pacific from a remote void into America's western front. Based on a photographed five-foot globe and viewed from high above Tokyo, Harrison abandons familiar north-up/Mercator habits to show great-circle routes, naval bases, air distances and the strategic nearness of San Francisco, Manila, Singapore, Australia and Siberia. The accompanying text explains why Japan's attack had seemed "least expected": Americans had misunderstood both Pacific geography and their own slow hardening of opinion, traced in Elmo Roper survey data from Manchuria to the Axis pact. Harrison's message is blunt: in the air age, geography is strategy for America now. by Harrison, Richard Edes. Published January 1942. Vintage colour persuasive map with related text verso. Size 35 x 57 cm | 14.0 x 22.5 inches. Condition: Good; suitable for framing. Please check the scan for any blemishes prior to making your purchase. This is a folding map. There is text and/or images printed on the reverse side. Tags: 1942, Asia, Fortune Magazine, Harrison Richard Edes, Japanese, Map, Second World War

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