02662cam a2200397 i 4500 531769 531769 19150835 20251017114556.0 160624s2017 enkbc b 001 0 eng 2016024973 9781107011953 hardback : alkaline paper 9781107676169 paperback : alkaline paper 19150835 DLC eng DLC rda DLC pcc a-ja--- DS838.7 .P35 2017 A6x52 P161 23 HIS003000 bisacsh Paine, S. C. M., 1957- author. 57312 The Japanese empire : grand strategy from the Meiji Restoration to the Pacific War / S.C.M. Paine (United States Naval War College). New York Cambidge Univ. Press 2017 xi, 210 pages : maps, portraits ; 24 cm Includes bibliographical references (pages 189-197) and index. "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"-- Strategy History. 57313 Great powers History. 57314 Political culture Japan History. 57315 Imperialism History. 57316 HISTORY / Asia / General. bisacsh 57317 Japan History, Military 1868-1945. 57318 Japan Military policy. 57319 Japan Foreign relations 1868-1912. 57320 Japan Foreign relations 1912-1945. 57321 7 cbc orignew 1 ecip 20 y-gencatlg rf14 2016-06-24 rf14 2016-06-24 telework ONIX; to SL xn12 2017-05-25 1 copy rec'd., to CIP ver. 0 0 ddc 0 A_6X52_P161 0 IIPA IIPA DISPLAY 2025-10-16 A6x52 P161 89431 2025-10-16 2025-10-16 BK