The Rise and Fall of the Japanese Empire

David James, David H James

• Publisher: Routledge
• Year: 2010
• Print ISBN: 9780415587631
• eBook ISBN: 9781136925467
• Topic: History
• Subtopic: Japanese History
• Index: History

This volume is a history of the Japanese drive for the conquest of Greater East Asia. It includes an account of the Malayan campaign and the Fall of Singapore, followed by an outline of the dominant features of the campaign in S E Asia and the Pacific and ending with the attack on Japan and the unconditional surrender. As a prisoner in Tokyo, the author was able to observe the reactions of the people and the government to the bombing of Japan, and by revealing their overwhelming defeat, to dispose of the fiction that surrender was brought about by two atomic bombs. The outstanding value of the work is its analysis of the fundamental problems of Japan.

Table of contents

• Cover Page
• Half Title page
• Title Page
• Copyright Page
• Preface
• Contents
• Chapter I The Japanese
• Chapter II Synopsis of Japanese History Jimmu Tenno to Meiji Restoration
• Chapter III Meiji Restoration
• Chapter IV The Meiji Era (1868–1912)
• Chapter V The Taisho Era (1912–1926)
• Chapter VI The Showa Era (1926–1945)
• Chapter VII Reconciling the Ideologies (1936–1941)
• Chapter VIII Prelude to War in the Far East
• Chapter IX Defeat of British Army in Malaya
• Chapter X Singapore Debacle
• Chapter XI Asia for Asiatics
• Chapter XII Japan's Brutal Conquest
• Chapter XIII Conflict of War Aims Resignation of Tojo
• Chapter XIV Air War Against Japan First Phase
• Chapter XV Frustrated Efforts to End War in Asia
• Chapter XVI Air War Against Japan Second Phase April–June 1945
• Chapter XVII Unconditional Surrender of Germany
• Chapter XVII Air War Against Japan Final Stage July 1945
• Chapter XIX The Atomic Bombs
• Chapter XX Soviet Intransigence
• Chapter XXI Japan's Unconditional Surrender
• Chapter XXII The End of Aggression
• Appendix I Emperors of Japan from B.C. 660 to 29
• Appendix II Emperors of Japan from A.D. 71 to 593
• Appendix III Emperors and Empresses of Japan from A.D. 629 to 770
• Appendix IV The Fujiwaras and the Emperors of Japan from 782 to 889
• Appendix V Samurai Rule Hogen and Heiji Wars: 1156 to 1160
• Appendix VI Tokugawa Shogunate: 1600–1868
• Appendix VII Emperors Under the Tokugawa Shogunate—1600–1868
• Appendix VIII Premiers under Meiji, Taisho and Showa
• Appendix IX Chronology of China, Russia and Japan from 1837–1937
• Appendix X Wartime Imperial General Headquarters
• Appendix XI Chronology of the Defeat of the Japanese Navy
• Appendix XII Christianity in Japan: 1542–1640
• Appendix XIII Rise and Fall of the Japanese Empire: 1868–1945
• Index