Pearl Harbor and the Coming of the Pacific War: A Brief History With Documents and Essays (Bedford Series in History and Culture) - Hardcover

Akira Iriye

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0312218184 ISBN 13: 9780312218188

Publisher: St. Martin's Press, 1999

Synopsis

Assembles some 30 primary documents, including proposals, memoranda, decrypted messages, and imperial conference reports, presenting diplomatic exchanges from both American and Japanese perspectives to determine how and why the US and Japan went to war in 1941. A detailed introduction provides background on Japanese aggression in China and Southeast Asia during the 1930s and economic unrest and isolationism in the US. Readings add an interpretive dimension, placing Pearl Harbor in global context. Essays from the perspectives of various countries involved explain how countries applied pressure, offered assistance, and affected negotiations. Includes b&w photos. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

About this title

About the Author:

Akira Iriye is professor of history at Harvard University, where he was appointed the Charles Warren Professor of American History in 1991. He has also taught at the University of Chicago and served as president of the American Historical Association in 1988. He has published widely on American diplomatic history and American-Asian relations, inlcuding Cultural Internationalism adn World Order (1997) and Japan and the Wider World (1997).

Review:

"The key strength of this book is that it has taken an immensely complex subject, organized it, and introduced it in a way that makes it possible for the student to gain the necessary background, address important and intriguing questions, and engage deeply in the history."

About this edition

• Publisher: St. Martin's Press
• Publication date: 1999
• ISBN 10: 0312218184
• ISBN 13: 9780312218188
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 200