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The Japanese empire : grand strategy from the Meiji Restoration to the Pacific War

Title
The Japanese empire : grand strategy from the Meiji Restoration to the Pacific War / S.C.M. Paine, United States Naval War College.
Author
Paine, S. C. M., 1957-
Publication
  • Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2017.
  • ©2017

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Description
xi, 210 pages; 24 cm
Summary
"The Japanese experience of war from the late-nineteenth to the mid-twentieth century presents a stunning example of the meteoric rise and shattering fall of a great power. As Japan modernized and became the one non-European great power, its leaders concluded that an empire on the Asian mainland required the containment of Russia. Japan won the First Sino-Japanese War (1894-5) and the Russo-Japanese War (1904-5) but became overextended in the Second Sino-Japanese War (1931-45), which escalated, with profound consequences, into World War II. A combination of incomplete institution building, an increasingly lethal international environment, a skewed balance between civil and military authority, and a misunderstanding of geopolitics explains these divergent outcomes. This analytical survey examines themes including the development of Japanese institutions, diversity of opinion within the government, domestic politics, Japanese foreign policy and China's anti-Japanese responses. It is an essential guide for those interested in history, politics and international relations"--
Subjects
Genre/Form
  • History.
  • Military history.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
1. The Meiji generation -- 2. The First Sino-Japanese War (1894-5) -- 3. The Russo-Japanese War (1904-5) -- 4. The transition from a maritime to a continental security paradigm -- 5. The Second Sino-Japanese War (1931-41) -- 6. The General Asian War (1941-5) -- 7. Japan betwixt maritime and continental world orders.
Call Number
JFE 17-3625
ISBN
  • 9781107011953
  • 1107011957
  • 9781107676169
  • 1107676169
LCCN
2016024973
OCLC
YBP 2016024973
Author
Paine, S. C. M., 1957- author.
Title
The Japanese empire : grand strategy from the Meiji Restoration to the Pacific War / S.C.M. Paine, United States Naval War College.
Publisher
Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2017.
Copyright Date
©2017
Type of Content
text
Type of Medium
unmediated
Type of Carrier
volume
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Chronological Term
1868-1945
Research Call Number
JFE 17-3625
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