Fifteen lectures on Showa Japan : road to the Pacific war in recent historiography /
Fifteen lectures on Showa Japan : road to the Pacific war in recent historiography /
15 lectures on Showa Japan Road to the Pacific war in recent historiography
edited by Tsutsui Kiyotada ; translated by Noda Makito and Paul Narum.
- First edition.
- xiii, 300 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.
- Japan library .
- Japan library (Shuppan Bunka Sangyō Shinkō Zaidan) .
"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.
The Washington Treaty System and Shidehara Diplomacy / Enactment of the General Election Law and the Beginning of Democratic Politics / From the Northern Expeditions to the Assassination of Zhang Zuolin / London Naval Conference, Imperial Court, Political Parties, and the Imperial Japanese Navy / From the Manchurian Incident to Japan's Withdrawal from the League of Nations / The Emperor-as-Organ Theory Incident / February 26 Incident and the Ultranationalist Movement in the Showa Era / The Marco Polo Bridge Incident: From the Signing of the Tanggu Truce to the Failure of the Trautmann Mediation Attempt / The Deepening Quagmire of the Sino-Japanese War and the Declaration of a New Order in East Asia / Lecture 10: The Nomonhan Incident and the Japanese-Soviet Neutrality Pact / The Path to the Tripartite Alliance of Japan, Germany, and Italy / The New Konoe Order and Reform Bureaucrats / From the US-Japan Negotiations to the Outbreak of War / Emperor Hirohito's "Sacred Decisions" and the Political Process of Japan's Surrender / The Occupation of Japan: The International Background behind the Policy of the United States toward Japan / Watanabe Kota -- Koyama Toshiki -- Iechika Ryoko -- Hatano Isamu -- Tohmatsu Haruo -- Shibata Shin'ichi -- Tsutsui Kiyotada -- Iwatani Nobu -- Tobe Ryoichi -- Hanada Tomoyuki -- Takeda Tomoki -- Makino Kuniaki -- Moriyama Atsushi -- Suzuki Tamon -- Iguchi Haruo Lecture 1: Lecture 2: Lecture 3: Lecture 4: Lecture 5: Lecture 6: Lecture 7: Lecture 8: Lecture 9: Lecture 11: Lecture 12: Lecture 13: Lecture 14: Lecture 15:
"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." --
Text in English translated from the Japanese.
9784916055606 4916055608
2016480555
World War (1939-1945)
1926-1945
World War, 1939-1945--Historiography.--Japan
Historiography.
Japan--History--1926-1945.
Japan.
History.
DS888.5 / .S526 2016
"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.
The Washington Treaty System and Shidehara Diplomacy / Enactment of the General Election Law and the Beginning of Democratic Politics / From the Northern Expeditions to the Assassination of Zhang Zuolin / London Naval Conference, Imperial Court, Political Parties, and the Imperial Japanese Navy / From the Manchurian Incident to Japan's Withdrawal from the League of Nations / The Emperor-as-Organ Theory Incident / February 26 Incident and the Ultranationalist Movement in the Showa Era / The Marco Polo Bridge Incident: From the Signing of the Tanggu Truce to the Failure of the Trautmann Mediation Attempt / The Deepening Quagmire of the Sino-Japanese War and the Declaration of a New Order in East Asia / Lecture 10: The Nomonhan Incident and the Japanese-Soviet Neutrality Pact / The Path to the Tripartite Alliance of Japan, Germany, and Italy / The New Konoe Order and Reform Bureaucrats / From the US-Japan Negotiations to the Outbreak of War / Emperor Hirohito's "Sacred Decisions" and the Political Process of Japan's Surrender / The Occupation of Japan: The International Background behind the Policy of the United States toward Japan / Watanabe Kota -- Koyama Toshiki -- Iechika Ryoko -- Hatano Isamu -- Tohmatsu Haruo -- Shibata Shin'ichi -- Tsutsui Kiyotada -- Iwatani Nobu -- Tobe Ryoichi -- Hanada Tomoyuki -- Takeda Tomoki -- Makino Kuniaki -- Moriyama Atsushi -- Suzuki Tamon -- Iguchi Haruo Lecture 1: Lecture 2: Lecture 3: Lecture 4: Lecture 5: Lecture 6: Lecture 7: Lecture 8: Lecture 9: Lecture 11: Lecture 12: Lecture 13: Lecture 14: Lecture 15:
"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." --
Text in English translated from the Japanese.
9784916055606 4916055608
2016480555
World War (1939-1945)
1926-1945
World War, 1939-1945--Historiography.--Japan
Historiography.
Japan--History--1926-1945.
Japan.
History.
DS888.5 / .S526 2016