1st Edition

The Origins of the Second World War in Asia and the Pacific

By Akira Iriye Copyright 1987
    214 Pages
    by Routledge

    214 Pages
    by Routledge

    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?

    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

    Biography

    Akira Iriye