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The Pacific War and Japan's diplomacy in Asia
Author
波多野澄雄, 1947- author.
Uniform Title
Taiheiyō Sensō to Ajia gaikō. English
太平洋戦争とアジア外交. English
Title
The Pacific War and Japan's diplomacy in Asia / Hatano Sumio ; translated by the Japanese Institute of International Affairs (JIIA).
ISBN
9784866581286
486658128X
Edition
First English edition.
Publication
Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo : Japan Publishing Industry Foundation for Culture (JPIC), 2021.
Physical Description
431 pages ; 22 cm
Notes
"Originally published in the Japanese language under the title Taiheiyō sensō to Ajia gaikō by University of Tokyo Press in 1996"--Title page verso.
Summary
"Focusing on the significance of the Greater East Asia policies promoted by Prime Minister Shigemitsu Mamoru during World War II - including the issues of approving independence for Burma and the Philippines as well as the liberation of French Indochina - Prof. Hatano Sumio sheds light on the formation and evolution of Japan's diplomacy in Asia. He then goes on to verify the meaning of what was held to be Japan's war aim - liberation of the people of Asia - and its impact on policies"-- Back cover.
Format
Books
Language
English
Added to Catalog
June 23, 2021
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
Opening of war against the United States, Britain, and the Netherlands and a plan to end the war
Political battle over advance into West Asia
Construction of the Greater East Asia and the ministry of Greater East Asia
Evolution of the new China policy
"Independence" of Burma and the Philippines
Outlines for the political guidance of Greater East Asia and the Japan-China Alliance Treaty
Greater East Asia Conference and joint declaration
Repercussions of the Greater East Asia declaration
Foreign Minister Shigemitsu and Greater East Asia diplomacy: Indonesia and French Indochina
Shigemitsu Mamoru and wartime Diplomacy.
Subjects
Genre/Form
History.
Also listed under
Japanese Institute of International Affairs, translator.
Shuppan Bunka Sangyō Shinkō Zaidan, publisher.
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