The Origins of the Second World War in Asia and the Pacific / Edition 1

by Akira Iriye

Overview

Professor Iriye analyses the origins of the 1941 conflict against the background of international relations in the preceding decade in order to answer the key question: Why did Japan decide to go to war against so formidable a combination of powers?

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780582493490
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	04/06/1987
Series:	Origins Of Modern Wars
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	214
Product dimensions:	5.44(w) x 8.50(h) x (d)

Table of Contents

List of maps
Editor's Foreword
Preface

1. Introduction

2. Japan isolated

3. The forging of an anti-democratic coalition

4. The failure of an alliance

5. The road to war

6. Conclusion

Bibliographical essay

Maps
Index

Editorial Reviews

'xxx; a very nice, concise, balanced account of the events leading up to the Pacific War.' Academic Library Book Review

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