The origins of the Second World War in Asia and the Pacific
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The origins of the Second World War in Asia and the Pacific
(Origins of modern wars / general editor, Harry Hearder)
Longman, 1987
- : pbk
Available at 66 libraries
  Aomori
  Iwate
  Miyagi
  Akita
  Yamagata
  Fukushima
  Ibaraki
  Tochigi
  Gunma
  Saitama
  Chiba
  Tokyo
  Kanagawa
  Niigata
  Toyama
  Ishikawa
  Fukui
  Yamanashi
  Nagano
  Gifu
  Shizuoka
  Aichi
  Mie
  Shiga
  Kyoto
  Osaka
  Hyogo
  Nara
  Wakayama
  Tottori
  Shimane
  Okayama
  Hiroshima
  Yamaguchi
  Tokushima
  Kagawa
  Ehime
  Kochi
  Fukuoka
  Saga
  Nagasaki
  Kumamoto
  Oita
  Miyazaki
  Kagoshima
  Okinawa
  Korea
  China
  Thailand
  United Kingdom
  Germany
  Switzerland
  France
  Belgium
  Netherlands
  Sweden
  Norway
  United States of America
Note
Bibliography: p. 187-190
Includes index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
Professor Iriye analyses the origins of the 1941 conflict against the background of international relations in the preceding decade in order to answer the key question: Why did Japan decide to go to war against so formidable a combination of powers?
Table of Contents
List of maps
Editor's Foreword
Preface
1. Introduction
2. Japan isolated
3. The forging of an anti-democratic coalition
4. The failure of an alliance
5. The road to war
6. Conclusion
Bibliographical essay
Maps
Index
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