The grand strategy from the Meiji Restoration to the Pacific War Paine, S. C. M. 1957- creator author. text bibliography enk New York Cambidge Univ. Press 2017 monographic eng

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xi, 210 pages : maps, portraits ; 24 cm "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"-- S.C.M. Paine (United States Naval War College). Includes bibliographical references (pages 189-197) and index. a-ja--- Strategy History Great powers History Political culture Japan History Imperialism History HISTORY / Asia / General Japan History, Military 1868-1945 Japan Military policy Japan Foreign relations 1868-1912 Japan Foreign relations 1912-1945 DS838.7 .P35 2017 A6x52 P161 HIS003000 9781107011953 9781107676169 2016024973 DLC 160624 20251017114556.0 19150835 eng