Japan's lightning march across Asia during World War II was swift and brutal. Nation after nation fell to Japanese colonialism. How were the Japanese able to justify their occupation of so many Asian peoples? And how did they find supporters in countries they subdued and exploited? "Race War!" delves into submerged and forgotten history to reveal how European racism and colonialism were deftly exploited by the Japanese to create allies among formerly colonized people of colour. Through interviews and original archival research, Horne shows how race played a key - and hitherto ignored - role in each phase of the war. During the conflict, the Japanese turned white racism on its head portraying the war as a defence against white domination in the Pacific. We learn about the reverse racial hierarchy practiced by the Japanese internment camps, in which whites were placed at the bottom of the totem pole, under the supervision of Chinese and Indian guards - an embarrassing example of racial payback that was downplayed by the defeated Japanese and the humiliated Europeans and Americans. Focusing on the microcosmic example of Hong Kong but ranging from colonial India to New Zealand and the shores of the US, Gerald Horne radically retells the story of the war. From racist US propaganda to Native American and Black Nationalist open support of Imperial Japan, information about the effect of race on American and British policy is revealed for the first time. This revisionist account of the war draws connections between General Tojo, Malaysian freedom fighters, and Elijah Muhammed of the Nation of Islam and shows how white racism encouraged and enabled Japanese imperialism.