1st Edition

Nazi Germany and Imperial Japan The Hollow Diplomatic Alliance

By Johanna Menzel Meskill Copyright 2012
274 Pages
by Routledge

274 Pages
by Routledge

272 Pages
by Routledge

Alliances between sovereign states are among the least stable political associations. Despite professions of fidelity and common purpose, most are effective for only short periods, and only as long as it suits their interests. The German-Japanese alliance of World War II was not so much a marriage of convenience as a long and uneasy engagement. It was maintained because breaking the engagement... Read more
1: The Pursuit of the Great Coalition; 2: The Loss of Strategic Initiative; 3: The Partition of the World; 4: The Exchange of Strategic Resources; 5: The Axis Powers at Bay

Biography

Ian A. McLaren