Japanese Diplomacy And East Asian International Politics 1918 1931

Author : Ryūji Hattori
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2024
Category : East Asia
ISBN : 1032675950

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Japanese Diplomacy and East Asian International Politics, 1918-1931 by Ryūji Hattori Pdf

"This book provides an overall picture of East Asian international politics during the early interwar period and examines the various foreign policy trends of the major powers involved, including Japan, China, Britain, the United States, and the Soviet Union. Based on extensive original research, it posits that East Asia experienced four waves of international change during the interwar period: the transition to the post-World War I international order; the appearance of Nationalist China and the Soviet Union as actors in East Asian international politics; the Japanese invasion of Manchuria; and Japanese implementation of the North China Buffer State Strategy. It considers the new challenges brought about by each of these waves, how the powers - particularly Japan, Britain, and the United States - were able to meet these challenges by working together, and how this became more difficult as time went on. It argues that the Washington System - the international order established at the 1921-22 Washington Naval Conference - was not a break with the past as is frequently argued on account of new forms of foreign policy, including the ideological approaches of the United States and the Soviet Union, but that rather spheres of influence diplomacy continued as before. In addition, in discussing Japanese foreign policy, the book provides a comprehensive picture of the diversity of views towards China among Japanese actors and the ways these shifted over time"--

Author : Ryuji Hattori
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 318 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2024-01-16
Category : History
ISBN : 9781003852162

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Japanese Diplomacy and East Asian International Politics, 1918–1931 by Ryuji Hattori Pdf

This book provides an overall picture of East Asian international politics during the early interwar period and examines the various foreign policy trends of the major powers involved, including Japan, China, Britain, the United States, and the Soviet Union. Based on extensive original research, it posits that East Asia experienced four waves of international change during the interwar period: the transition to the post-World War I international order; the appearance of Nationalist China and the Soviet Union as actors in East Asian international politics; the Japanese invasion of Manchuria; and Japanese implementation of the North China Buffer State Strategy. It considers the new challenges brought about by each of these waves, how the powers – particularly Japan, Britain, and the United States – were able to meet these challenges by working together, and how this became more difficult as time went on. It argues that the Washington System – the international order established at the 1921–1922 Washington Naval Conference – was not a break with the past, as is frequently argued, on account of new forms of foreign policy, including the ideological approaches of the United States and the Soviet Union, but that rather spheres of influence diplomacy continued as before. In addition, in discussing Japanese foreign policy, the book provides a comprehensive picture of the diversity of views towards China among Japanese actors and the ways these shifted over time. The Open Access version of this book, available at www.taylorfrancis.com, has been made available under a Creative Commons CC-BY-NC-ND 4.0 license.

Author : Thomas W. Burkman
Publisher : University of Hawaii Press
Page : 313 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2007-12-03
Category : History
ISBN : 9780824863036

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Japan and the League of Nations by Thomas W. Burkman Pdf

Japan joined the League of Nations in 1920 as a charter member and one of four permanent members of the League Council. Until conflict arose between Japan and the organization over the 1931 Manchurian Incident, the League was a centerpiece of Japan’s policy to maintain accommodation with the Western powers. The picture of Japan as a positive contributor to international comity, however, is not the conventional view of the country in the early and mid-twentieth century. Rather, this period is usually depicted in Japan and abroad as a history of incremental imperialism and intensifying militarism, culminating in war in China and the Pacific. Even the empire’s interface with the League of Nations is typically addressed only at nodes of confrontation: the 1919 debates over racial equality as the Covenant was drafted and the 1931–1933 League challenge to Japan’s seizure of northeast China. This volume fills in the space before, between, and after these nodes and gives the League relationship the legitimate place it deserves in Japanese international history of the 1920s and 1930s. It also argues that the Japanese cooperative international stance in the decades since the Pacific War bears noteworthy continuity with the mainstream international accommodationism of the League years. Thomas Burkman sheds new light on the meaning and content of internationalism in an era typically seen as a showcase for diplomatic autonomy and isolation. Well into the 1930s, the vestiges of international accommodationism among diplomats and intellectuals are clearly evident. The League project ushered those it affected into world citizenship and inspired them to build bridges across boundaries and cultures. Burkman’s cogent analysis of Japan’s international role is enhanced and enlivened by his descriptions of the personalities and initiatives of Makino Nobuaki, Ishii Kikujirô, Nitobe Inazô, Matsuoka Yôsuke, and others in their Geneva roles.

Author : I. Nish,Y. Kibata
Publisher : Springer
Page : 317 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2000-09-28
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781403919670

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The History of Anglo-Japanese Relations, 1600–2000 by I. Nish,Y. Kibata Pdf

Volume II in this series of five volumes deals with relations between Japan and Britain in the poetical-diplomatic sphere from 1931 to the present day. From the political-diplomatic standpoint, it discusses the deteriorating relationship of the 1930s and leads on to the development of increasingly healthy postwar relations. The book consists of parallel essays from Japanese and British academic specialists.

Author : Madeleine Chi
Publisher : Harvard Univ Asia Center
Page : 220 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 1970
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0674118251

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China Diplomacy, 1914-1918 by Madeleine Chi Pdf

Preliminary Material -- War Spreads to the Far East -- Japan Bids for Supremacy in China -- Yuan Shih-ka'i Aspires to be Emperor -- European Containment -- American Compromise -- China Enters the War -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- Harvard East Asian Monographs.

Author : Youli Sun
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 244 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 1993
Category : China
ISBN : 0333694368

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China and the Origins of the Pacific War, 1931-1941 by Youli Sun Pdf

Following the Japanese invasion of Manchuria in 1931, the Chinese government spent a decade attempting to promote an international coalition against Tokyo. The rationale for this policy was that as Japan's attempts to establish hegemony over East Asia inevitably threatened British, American, and Soviet interests, it could only be a matter of time before these powers recognized the need to intervene in direct support of China.

Author : Antony Best
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 376 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2011
Category : Japan
ISBN : UCSD:31822038040218

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Imperial Japan and the World, 1931-1945: Foreign policy and diplomacy, 1931-1945 by Antony Best Pdf

The transformation of Japan between 1931 and 1941 into and expansionist and potentially hegemonic power that threatened the stability of the international order in East Asia, is a topic central to understanding the region's history. Study of this period is often conceptualized using an overly narrow framework within distinct sub-disciplines, such as diplomatic, economic and intellectual.

Author : Akira Iriye,Warren I. Cohen
Publisher : America in the Modern World
Page : 336 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 1990
Category : History
ISBN : STANFORD:36105034356126

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American, Chinese, and Japanese Perspectives on Wartime Asia, 1931-1949 by Akira Iriye,Warren I. Cohen Pdf

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Author : Pascal Lottaz,Ingemar Ottosson
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 208 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2021-07-13
Category : History
ISBN : 9781000402292

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Sweden, Japan, and the Long Second World War by Pascal Lottaz,Ingemar Ottosson Pdf

We thank Ekman & Co AB and Gadelius Holding Ltd for their kind and generous support, making this research available online for free. Lottaz and Ottosson explore the intricate relationship between neutral Sweden and Imperial Japan during the latter’s 15 years of warfare in Asia and in the Pacific. While Sweden’s relationship with European Axis powers took place under the premise of existential security concerns, the case of Japan was altogether different. Japan never was a threat to Sweden, militarily or economically. Nevertheless, Stockholm maintained a close relationship with Tokyo until Japan’s surrender in 1945. This book explores the reasons for that and therefore provides a study on the rationale and the value of neutrality in the Long Second World War. Sweden, Japan, and the Long Second World War is a valuable resource for scholars of the Second World War and of the history of neutrality.

Author : You-Li Sun
Publisher : Palgrave Macmillan
Page : 244 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 1993
Category : History
ISBN : 0312090102

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China and the Origins of the Pacific War, 1931-1941 by You-Li Sun Pdf

The persistence of Chinese diplomacy and the continuation of the war against Japan were, in the final analysis, critically important in preventing a possible American-Japanese accommodation and were thus a vital factor in the outbreak of the Pacific War.

Author : Sidney L. Pash
Publisher : University Press of Kentucky
Page : 372 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2014-01-28
Category : History
ISBN : 9780813144245

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The Currents of War by Sidney L. Pash Pdf

From 1899 until the American entry into World War II, U.S. presidents sought to preserve China's territorial integrity in order to guarantee American businesses access to Chinese markets -- a policy famously known as the "open door." Before the Russo-Japanese War in 1904, Americans saw Japan as the open door's champion; but by the end of 1905, Tokyo had replaced St. Petersburg as its greatest threat. For the next thirty-six years, successive U.S. administrations worked to safeguard China and contain Japanese expansion on the mainland. The Currents of War reexamines the relationship between the United States and Japan and the casus belli in the Pacific through a fresh analysis of America's central foreign policy strategy in Asia. In this ambitious and compelling work, Sidney Pash offers a cautionary tale of oft-repeated mistakes and miscalculations. He demonstrates how continuous economic competition in the Asia-Pacific region heightened tensions between Japan and the United States for decades, eventually leading to the attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941. Pash's study is the first full reassessment of pre--World War II American-Japanese diplomatic relations in nearly three decades. It examines not only the ways in which U.S. policies led to war in the Pacific but also how this conflict gave rise to later confrontations, particularly in Korea and Vietnam. Wide-ranging and meticulously researched, this book offers a new perspective on a significant international relationship and its enduring consequences.

Author : Tosh Minohara,Tze-Ki Hon,Evan Dawley
Publisher : Brill Academic Publishers
Page : 540 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2014-05-15
Category : History
ISBN : 9004270019

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The Decade of the Great War by Tosh Minohara,Tze-Ki Hon,Evan Dawley Pdf

The Decade of the Great War critically reviews Japan's diplomatic, military, and transnational relations, demonstrating the breadth of Japan's new international relations before and after WWI.

Author : Makoto Iokibe
Publisher : Psychology Press
Page : 215 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780415372961

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Japanese Diplomacy in the 1950s by Makoto Iokibe Pdf

This book provides a detailed examination of Japan's diplomatic relations in the 1950s, an important decade in international affairs when new structures and systems emerged, and when Japan established patterns in its international relationships which continue today. It examines the process of Japan's attempts to rehabilitate itself and reintegrate into a changing world, and the degree of success to which Japan achieved its goals in the political, economic and security spheres. The book is divided into three parts, each containing three chapters: Part I looks at Japan in the eyes of the Anglo-American powers; Part II at Japanese efforts to gain membership of newly forming regional and international organizations; and Part III considers the role of domestic factors in Japanese foreign policy making. Important issues are considered including Japanese rearmament and the struggle to gain entry into the United Nations. In contrast to much of the academic literature on post-war Japanese diplomacy, generally presenting Japan as a passive actor of little relevance or importance, this book shows that Japan did not simply sit passively by, but formed and attempted to instigate its own visions into the evolving regional and global structures. It also shows that whilst Japan did not always figure as highly as its politicians and policy makers may have liked in the foreign policy considerations of other nation states, many countries and organizations did attach a great deal of importance to re-building relations with Japan throughout this period of re-adjustment and transformation.

Author : Roy Hidemichi Akagi
Publisher : Tokyo, Hokuseido Press
Page : 622 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 1936
Category : Japan
ISBN : STANFORD:36105047198903

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Japan's Foreign Relations, 1542-1936 by Roy Hidemichi Akagi Pdf

Author : Glenn D. Hook
Publisher : Psychology Press
Page : 532 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : History
ISBN : 9780415240970

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Japan's International Relations by Glenn D. Hook Pdf

This detailed and lucid volume is an essential resource for students of Asian Studies and International Politics.