Japan Faces the World, 1925-1952 Hanneman Mary L.Paperback
Japan Faces the World, 1925-1952 Hanneman Mary L.Paperback By 1925 the process of Japan's transition to a modern industrialised, westernised state was pretty much complete. However, during the years…
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Japan Faces the World, 1925-1952 Hanneman Mary L.Paperback
By 1925 the process of Japan's transition to a modern industrialised, westernised state was pretty much complete. However, during the years that followed, the so-called imperial democracy came under pressure as the Japanese sought to impose tight control over not only their own people but their neighbours as well. Not only had the imperial tradition been restored with the Meiji Restoration in 1868, but some forms of democratic parliamentary institutions had been set up.
Finally, the post-war reconstruction orchestrated by the Americans is examined. This impressive survey looks at developments at home, Japan's aggressive foreign policy particularly in China during the 1930s and 1940s, and her role in the Second World War. The cut-off point is 1952 - the date when Allied Occupation formally came to an end and Japan once again became