Cover; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; Introduction: An Overview of the Pacific War ( 1941-1945); Pearl Harbor; Japanese victories and the beginning of the end; The collapse of the Japanese empire and its aftermath; 1 Realism and Power Transition in International Relations; Realism; Power Transition theory; 2 Japan-US Relations 1853-1941; Gunboat diplomacy and the opening of Japan; The US instructs Japan in the game of imperialism; Japan becomes an imperial power: the Japan-Qing War; American reaction: admiration for the Japanese; contempt for the Chinese

The US attempts to avoid missing the bus in China: the Open DoorBritish support for Japan and the Russo-Japanese War; The US supports Japanese expansion in Korea; Japan gains a foothold in Manchuria- with US acquiescence; Roosevelt supports a Japanese Monroe Doctrine for Asia; Roosevelt's realist policy and peace with Japan; The US challenges Japan's rising power; American attempts to contain the rising power of Japan; The 21 Demands; The Ishii-Lansing Agreement; Japan and the US go to Siberia; Wilson rejects Japan's quest for racial equality

The Washington Conference: the creation of a new orderThe Monroe Doctrine and the Open Door Policy; The 1924 Immigration Act; The 1930 London Naval Conference; Japan's defiance of the Washington System; Japan grows friendly with Nazi Germany; The beginning of the end of amiable Japan-US relations; Japan joins the Axis Pact; The Nomura-Hull negotiations and the end of peace; 3 IR Theory and the Origins of the Pacific War; Realism and the Pacific War; Power transition and the Japan-US clash; 4 Conclusion: The Pacific War and the Future of East Asia; Is history repeating itself?

A solution for perpetual peace?Notes; Bibliography; Index