In the Wake of the Empress of China

Three People Are Quietly Involved In A Conspiracy In 1941 To Keep America Out Of A War In The Pacific With Japan. They Refer To Themselves As ?Pirates.? They Are Plagued By One Intractable Question: Is War Inevitable In The Far East? If Unable To Forestall A Conflict They Are Determined To Create And Intellectual Life Raft For The Post-War Survivors To Avoid A Final Disaster In The Looming Nuclear Age. Though They Cannot Undo Past Events They Are Determined To Reset The Human Compass With Sharp-Edged Idealism To Save Humanity From Its Inclination To Engage In War.