Fifteen lectures on Showa Japan : road to the Pacific war in recent historiography / edited by Tsutsui Kiyotada ; translated by Noda Makito and Paul Narum.
Tsutsui, Kiyotada, 1948- editor.; Noda, Makito, translator.; Narum, Paul, translator.
2016
DS888.5 .S5613 2016 (Mapit)
Available at General Collection

Items

Details

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.
Uniform Title
Shōwa shi kōgi. English.
Variant Title
colophon title : (Eibun-ban) Shōwa shi kōgi : saishin kenkyū de miru sensō e no michi
Edition
First edition.
ISBN
9784916055606 (hardcover)
4916055608 (hardcover)
Published
Tokyo : Japan Publishing Industry Foundation for Culture, 2016.
Language
English
Language Note
Text in English translated from the Japanese.
Description
xiii, 300 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.
Call Number
DS888.5 .S5613 2016
Dewey Decimal Classification
D952.04
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.
Note
"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.
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references.
Added Author
Tsutsui, Kiyotada, 1948- editor.
Noda, Makito, translator.
Narum, Paul, translator.
Series
Japan library (Shuppan Bunka Sangyō Shinkō Zaidan)
Translation of
Shōwa shi kōgi.
Record Appears in
On-Campus Resources > Books
All Resources
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

Browse Subjects

Show more subjects...

Statistics

from
to
Export