The Japanese Empire: Grand Strategy from the Meiji Restoration to the Pacific War
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| Rating | : | 4.23 (839 Votes) |
| Asin | : | B06XB1P58R |
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| Number of Pages | : | 215 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-01-15 |
| Language | : | English |
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Advance praise: 'In clear and vibrant prose, Paine leads the reader through a tumultuous century and a half of Japanese history, focusing on the way Japan's leaders positioned their country in the world, from the Meiji period, through the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, and into the period of stunning growth after WWII. In short, Paine's slim book should be required reading for any scholar of modern Japanese history.' Louis G. A vital contribution not just to the history of Japan, but to the study of global geopolitics and grand strategy.' Tonio Andrade, Emory University, GeorgiaAdvance praise: 'Professor Paine has produced a comprehensive, very readable book that examines Japan's precipitous decline into a century of militarism from the 1860s to 1945. Students would profit from reading assignments in Paine's book that correspond to historical periods. Perez, Illinois State UniversityAdvance praise: 'After a series of w
"Excellent for readers new to the subject, perhaps a review for others" according to JustPlainBill. Economically, Japan is unarguably one of the world’s great powers. For about 50 years, between 1895 and 19Excellent for readers new to the subject, perhaps a review for others JustPlainBill Economically, Japan is unarguably one of the world’s great powers. For about 50 years, between 1895 and 1945, it was also considered great from a military standpoint. After witnessing China’s national humiliation via economic colonization by the great powers of the West earlier in the 19th century, a group of visionary Japanese concluded that their nation should meet the challenge of the industrialized Western world on Japan’s own terms, a. 5, it was also considered great from a military standpoint. After witnessing China’s national humiliation via economic colonization by the great powers of the West earlier in the 19th century, a group of visionary Japanese concluded that their nation should meet the challenge of the industrialized Western world on Japan’s own terms, a
Her funding has included two Fulbright Fellowships along with fellowships from Japan, Taiwan, and Australia. Sims Professor at the United States Naval War College, has spent eight of the last thirty years engaged in research and language study in Japan, Taiwan, China, Russia, and Australia. Paine, William S
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. 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. 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. 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. 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. It is an essential guide for those interested in history, politics and international relations.