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Fifteen lectures on Showa Japan : road to the Pacific war in recent historiography
Uniform Title
Shōwa shi kōgi. English.
昭和史講義. English
Title
Fifteen lectures on Showa Japan : road to the Pacific war in recent historiography / edited by Tsutsui Kiyotada ; translated by Noda Makito and Paul Narum.
ISBN
9784916055606
4916055608
Edition
First edition.
Publication
Tokyo : Japan Publishing Industry Foundation for Culture, 2016.
Physical Description
xiii, 300 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.
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.
Text in English translated from the Japanese.
Summary
"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." from back cover.
Variant and related titles
15 lectures on Showa Japan
Road to the Pacific war in recent historiography
colophon title : (Eibunban) Shōwa shi kōgi : saishin kenkyū de miru sensō e no michi
colophon title : (英文版) 昭和史講義 : 最新研究で見る戦争への道
Translation of
Format
Books
Language
English
Added to Catalog
April 05, 2016
Series
Japan library
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references.
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
Subjects
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筒井清忠, 1948- editor.
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