Japan's Quest for Autonomy
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Japan's Quest for Autonomy

National Security and Foreign Policy, 1930-1938

  1. 448 pages
  2. English
  3. PDF
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - PDF

Japan's Quest for Autonomy

National Security and Foreign Policy, 1930-1938

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A comprehensive and often controversial account of Japan's foreign and security policy before the Second World War based on War Crimes Trials materials, original Japanese sources, and detailed accounts by Japanese historians.

Originally published in 1966.

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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Contents
  3. Acknowledgments
  4. Preface
  5. Historical Prologue to the 1930's
  6. I. The London Naval Treaty Controversy
  7. II. The Crisis at Mukden
  8. III. Withdrawal from the League of Nations
  9. IV. Quest for an Autonomous National Defense
  10. V. Factions, Rebellion, and National Policy
  11. VI. The China War
  12. Epilogue
  13. Bibliography
  14. Index

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