From Party Politics to Militarism in Japan, 1924-1941 - Hardcover

Kitaoka, Shinichi

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9781626378575: From Party Politics to Militarism in Japan, 1924-1941
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 1626378576 ISBN 13: 9781626378575
Publisher: Lynne Rienner Publishers, Inc., 2020

Synopsis

“Offer[s] fresh perspectives...on a unique historical event―the sudden transformation of Japan, a feudal backwater virtually cut off from the rest of the world for hundreds of years, into a modern imperial power.”―Michael Neale, Asian Affairs

The years in Japan between June 1924, when a coalition cabinet of three political parties was established, and December 1941, when the country declared war on the United States and Britain, were characterized first by nearly a decade of domestic and international cooperation―and then a period of oppressive militarism. Kitaoka Shinichi captures the essence of these years in Japan's political history, stressing not only the discontinuities, but also the connections, between the two periods.

Kitaoka pays particular attention to the interaction of domestic and foreign affairs. He equally explores the conflicts between political parties and the military―as well as those among internal factions in both spheres. Connecting political issues to economic and social developments, his book serves as a comprehensive history of the period, a history that, in his words, “exemplifies the horrific damage that can result when a modern nation-state goes off course.”

CONTENTS:
  • The Beginning of the Shōwa Period.
  • Japan in the Era of Party Politics.
  • Japan in Crisis.
  • Wartime Japan.
  • Chronology.

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About the Author

Kitaoka Shinichi is president of the Japan International Cooperation Agency. Previously, he was president of the International University of Japan, and he has held posts, among others, as professor at the National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies, ambassador extraordinary and plenipotentiary, and deputy permanent representative of Japan to the United Nations.

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Publisher
Lynne Rienner Publishers, Inc.
Publication date
2020
Language
English
ISBN 10 
1626378576
ISBN 13 
9781626378575
Binding
Hardcover
Edition number
1
Number of pages
374
Rating
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