About the Author

Talented author and historian Dr. Kenneth Friedman's career includes working for IBM, and while at this job, visiting Japan, and, after retiring, publishing Afternoon of the Rising Sun: The Battle of Leyte Gulf followed by Morning of the Rising Sun: The Heroic Story of the Battles for Guadalcanal. Dr. Friedman earned an engineering degree from UCLA, an MBA from San Jose State University, and a doctorate in business from California Coast University. This third work, Dawn of the Rising Sun: Why Did Japan Declare War on the World, traces US-Japan relations through almost a century that proceeded toward the 1941 attack on Pearl Harbor. He has dedicated this book to his beloved late wife and best friend, Tova. He is a widower, has three grown children and two grandchildren, and lives in the San Francisco Bay Area.