02390cam a2200361 i 45000010009000000050017000090080041000260100017000670200045000840200046001290350013001750400028001880420008002160430012002240500023002360820019002590840023002781000037003012450139003382600041004773000046005185040067005645201092006316500023017236500027017466500039017736500026018126500039018386510041018776510028019186510041019466510041019871915083520251017114556.0160624s2017    enkbc    b    001 0 eng    a  2016024973  a9781107011953qhardback : alkaline paper  a9781107676169qpaperback : alkaline paper  a19150835  aDLCbengcDLCerdadDLC  apcc  aa-ja---00aDS838.7b.P35 201700aA6x52 P161223  aHIS0030002bisacsh1 aPaine, S. C. M.,d1957-eauthor.14aThe Japanese empire :bgrand strategy from the Meiji Restoration to the Pacific War /cS.C.M. Paine (United States Naval War College).  aNew YorkbCambidge Univ. Pressc2017  axi, 210 pages :bmaps, portraits ;c24 cm  aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 189-197) and index.2 a"The Japanese experience of war from the late-nineteenth to the mid-twentieth century presents a stunning example of the meteoric rise and shattering fall of a great power. As Japan modernized and became the one non-European great power, its leaders concluded that an empire on the Asian mainland required the containment of Russia. Japan won the First Sino-Japanese War (1894-5) and the Russo-Japanese War (1904-5) but became overextended in the Second Sino-Japanese War (1931-45), which escalated, with profound consequences, into World War II. A combination of incomplete institution building, an increasingly lethal international environment, a skewed balance between civil and military authority, and a misunderstanding of geopolitics explains these divergent outcomes. This analytical survey examines themes including the development of Japanese institutions, diversity of opinion within the government, domestic politics, Japanese foreign policy and China's anti-Japanese responses. It is an essential guide for those interested in history, politics and international relations"-- 0aStrategyxHistory. 0aGreat powersxHistory. 0aPolitical culturezJapanxHistory. 0aImperialismxHistory. 7aHISTORY / Asia / General.2bisacsh 0aJapanxHistory, Militaryy1868-1945. 0aJapanxMilitary policy. 0aJapanxForeign relationsy1868-1912. 0aJapanxForeign relationsy1912-1945.