Pan-Asianism and Japan's War 1931-1945
by Hotta, EriFormat: Hardcover
Pub. Date: 12/15/2007
Publisher(s): Palgrave Macmillan
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Summary
The book sheds light on the critical importance of Pan-Asianism in Japanese imperialism. Pan-Asianism was a cultural as well as political ideology that promoted Asian unity and recognition. The focus of this book is on Pan-Asianism as a propeller behind Japan's expansionist policies from the Manchurian Incident in 1931 until the end of the Pacific War in 1945.
Author Biography
Eri Hotta was born and raised in Tokyo. She received a BA in history at Princeton and did her M.Phil. and D.Phil. in International Relations at Oxford, where she also taught from 2001-2005. She now lives in New York.
Table of Contents
| Preface | |
| A note on names, translations, and sources | |
| Acknowledgments | |
| Introduction: Pan-Asian ideology and the Fifteen Years' War | p. 1 |
| Conceptual roadmap: tea, China, and leadership | p. 19 |
| Prelude to the Fifteen Years' War | p. 53 |
| From internationalism to Pan-Asianism | p. 75 |
| Manchukuo and the dream of Pan-Asia | p. 107 |
| The China War and its Pan-Asian rescue | p. 141 |
| The war of "world historical significance" | p. 177 |
| Pan-Asianism in the co-prosperity sphere | p. 199 |
| Conclusion: from tea to co-prosperity | p. 225 |
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