# Talk:The Coming War with Japan

Near the beginning, we are given the impression that the authors are two independent academics. Not until the second last paragraph do we learn that they are husband and wife.  Not, of course that there is anything wrong with that: many fine books have been written by such couples.  But it is relevant information, and may leave one (well me at least) with the impression that such a provocative, contraversial book was not written from pure independent motives.  baska436 101.187.174.16 (talk) 09:36, 5 April 2021 (UTC)

I wanted to put the fact that they were married earlier. My problem was finding any information about when they were married. Reading the transcript of their CSPAN Booknotes interview they don’t mention being married and, indeed, appear to be hiding the fact by pretending to be married to other people (eg LeBard simply says she is married to “an American citizen”, and omits to mention that the citizen she is talking about is sitting across the table from her). It appears they may have worried that the book wouldn’t be taken seriously if people knew it was written by a husband and wife team. But the article can only state what reliable source show, which is that they are married now, and were married as early as the mid-1990's. I couldn’t find any source explicitly showing that they were married when they wrote the book. I also could not say that they were married after writing the book as nothing says this either. This is a BLP situation so I don’t think we should state that they were married when they wrote the book unless a source says this. FOARP (talk) 04:40, 6 April 2021 (UTC)

Out of interest, do any RS discuss whether this book had an influence on Tom Clancy? His book Debt of Honor appears to have some similarities and was published a few years after this work. Nick-D (talk) 23:33, 7 May 2021 (UTC)

Nick-D - Haven't seen anything saying so. At a guess I'd say they were just part of the same early-1990's phenomenon (US anti-Japanese sentiment/rivalry) but if you can find some sources linking them that'd be interesting. FOARP (talk) 17:32, 13 May 2021 (UTC)

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Reviewer: Hog Farm (talk · contribs) 23:38, 12 May 2021 (UTC)

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What did Friedman and LeBard teach?  It seems relevant to know whether this is connected to the subjects they taught or not.
Done based on CSPAN transcript. FOARP (talk) 13:24, 13 May 2021 (UTC)
"After the book's initial publication in the US in spring 1991" - per MOS:SEASON avoid naming seasons, as those are different between northern and southern hemispheres.
Done. There was a bit of confusion in some of the sources as to whether it released in April or May 1991 which is why I originally said "Spring", but now I've found what appears to be a first edition on the Internet Archive which says May 1991 I'll go with that and what it says in Publisher's Weekly (which you would expect to be authoritative on this). FOARP (talk) 13:24, 13 May 2021 (UTC)
Other
I don't think the see also link to The Coming Conflict with China is needed per MOS:NOTSEEALSO, as it is already linked within the article.
Done. FOARP (talk) 13:24, 13 May 2021 (UTC)
Add "Friedman and LeBard's predictions did not come true" from the lead to the body, so it is explicitly stated there
Done and expanded a bit. FOARP (talk) 13:24, 13 May 2021 (UTC)
The citations in the lead (with the exception of the title translation) don't seem to be necessary per MOS:LEADCITE.
Done. I guess I get kind of lazy when I'm writing these things and originally write them as a stub which is why the lede is often cited. FOARP (talk) 13:24, 13 May 2021 (UTC)
References
Would it be possible to get page numbers for Okihiro and Morris?
Done, originally I was looking at the e-book which has no page numbers but I managed to find a version of both of these with numbered pages. FOARP (talk) 13:24, 13 May 2021 (UTC)
Sources all look reliable, and the image licensing seems fine to me. (not a licensing expert).  Placing on hold, not much to nitpick on here.  Good work, FOARP. Hog Farm  Talk 01:16, 13 May 2021 (UTC)