An edition of Fifteen lectures on Showa Japan (2016)

Fifteen lectures on Showa Japan

road to the Pacific war in recent historiography

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An edition of Fifteen lectures on Showa Japan (2016)

Fifteen lectures on Showa Japan

road to the Pacific war in recent historiography

First edition.

by , , and

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"Why did Showa Japan rush to war? Where did Japan fail? This compilation of the most up-to-date studies by 15 spirited Japanese historians tries to find answers to these questions. Each chapter contains a list of selected reference books with brief annotations for the benefit of readers who wish to study more about the subject. These are the best lectures on prewar Showa history for readers who want to know the truth."--

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English
Pages
300

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Subjects

Historiography, Kriget i Stilla havet 1941-1945, Andra världskriget 1939-1945, World War, 1939-1945, History

Places

Japan, Japon

Times

1926-1945, 1926-1989 (Ère Shōwa)
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Table of Contents

Lecture 1:
The Washington Treaty System and Shidehara Diplomacy -- Watanabe Kota -- Lecture 2:
Enactment of the General Election Law and the Beginning of Democratic Politics -- Koyama Toshiki -- Lecture 3:
From the Northern Expeditions to the Assassination of Zhang Zuolin -- Iechika Ryoko -- Lecture 4:
London Naval Conference, Imperial Court, Political Parties, and the Imperial Japanese Navy -- Hatano Isamu -- Lecture 5:
From the Manchurian Incident to Japan's Withdrawal from the League of Nations -- Tohmatsu Haruo -- Lecture 6:
The Emperor-as-Organ Theory Incident -- Shibata Shin'ichi -- Lecture 7:
February 26 Incident and the Ultranationalist Movement in the Showa Era -- Tsutsui Kiyotada -- Lecture 8:
The Marco Polo Bridge Incident: From the Signing of the Tanggu Truce to the Failure of the Trautmann Mediation Attempt -- Iwatani Nobu -- Lecture 9:
The Deepening Quagmire of the Sino-Japanese War and the Declaration of a New Order in East Asia -- Tobe Ryoichi
Lecture 10:
The Nomonhan Incident and the Japanese-Soviet Neutrality Pact -- Hanada Tomoyuki -- Lecture 11:
The Path to the Tripartite Alliance of Japan, Germany, and Italy -- Takeda Tomoki -- Lecture 12:
The New Konoe Order and Reform Bureaucrats -- Makino Kuniaki -- Lecture 13:
From the US-Japan Negotiations to the Outbreak of War -- Moriyama Atsushi -- Lecture 14:
Emperor Hirohito's "Sacred Decisions" and the Political Process of Japan's Surrender -- Suzuki Tamon -- Lecture 15:
The Occupation of Japan: The International Background behind the Policy of the United States toward Japan -- Iguchi Haruo.

Edition Notes

"Originally published in the Japanese language as 'Showa-shi kogi : Saishin kenkyu de miru senso e no michi' by Chikumashobo Ltd. in 2015"--Title page verso.

Includes bibliographical references.

Text in English translated from the Japanese.

Series
Japan library, Japan library (Shuppan Bunka Sangyō Shinkō Zaidan)
Other Titles
(Eibunban) Shōwa shi kōgi :, 15 lectures on Showa Japan, Road to the Pacific war in recent historiography

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
D952.04
Library of Congress
DS888.5 .S52613 2016, DS888.5 .S5613 2016

The Physical Object

Pagination
xiii, 300 pages
Number of pages
300

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OL26968520M
Internet Archive
fifteenlectureso0000unse
ISBN 10
4916055608
ISBN 13
9784916055606
LCCN
2016480555
OCLC/WorldCat
945947260

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