1st Edition

Britain, Japan and Pearl Harbour Avoiding War in East Asia, 1936-1941

By Antony Best Copyright 1995
272 Pages
by Routledge

272 Pages
by Routledge

272 Pages
by Routledge

Recent controversies about Pearl Harbour have highlighted the need for a new assessment of British policy towards Japan during the period leading up to the Pacific War. Britain, Japan and Pearl Harbour provides a thorough and authoritative account of British efforts to avert conflict with Japan, and makes use of the most recently released material from British archives, including information... Read more
Chapter 1 Introduction; Chapter 2 Halting a policy of drift; Chapter 3 New circumstances, new problems; Chapter 4 Growing tensions; Chapter 5 A false dawn; Chapter 6 The Burma Road crisis; Chapter 7 Confrontation; Chapter 8 Conflict; Chapter 9 Conclusions;

Biography

Antony Best

'Anthony Best's book will be essential reading for anyone concerned with power and diplomacy in the Asia-Pacific region in the twentieth century.' - American Historical Review