The Pacific War and Japan's diplomacy in Asia / Hatano Sumio ; translated by the Japanese Institute of International Affairs (JIIA).

By:

Hatano, Sumio, 1947- [author.]

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Material type: Text

TextLanguage: English Original language: Japanese Publisher: Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo : Japan Publishing Industry Foundation for Culture, $$c 2021. Edition: First English editionDescription: 431 pages ; 22 cmContent type:

text

Media type:

unmediated

Carrier type:

volume

ISBN:

9784866581286
486658128X

Uniform titles:

Taiheiyō Sensō to Ajia gaikō. English

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

940.532 23

LOC classification:

D754.A78 H3613 2021

Contents:

Opening of war against the United States, Britain, and the Netherlands and a plan to end the war -- Political battle over advance into West Asia -- Construction of the Greater East Asia and the ministry of Greater East Asia -- Evolution of the new China policy -- "Independence" of Burma and the Philippines -- Outlines for the political guidance of Greater East Asia and the Japan-China Alliance Treaty -- Greater East Asia Conference and joint declaration -- Repercussions of the Greater East Asia declaration -- Foreign Minister Shigemitsu and Greater East Asia diplomacy: Indonesia and French Indochina -- Shigemitsu Mamoru and wartime Diplomacy.

Summary: "Focusing on the significance of the Greater East Asia policies promoted by Prime Minister Shigemitsu Mamoru during World War II - including the issues of approving independence for Burma and the Philippines as well as the liberation of French Indochina - Prof. Hatano Sumio sheds light on the formation and evolution of Japan's diplomacy in Asia. He then goes on to verify the meaning of what was held to be Japan's war aim - liberation of the people of Asia - and its impact on policies"-- Back cover.

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Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Book	University Library Special Collections	Circulating	D754.A78 H3613 2021 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		3UPML00038841

"Originally published in the Japanese language under the title Taiheiyō Sensō to Ajia gaikō by University of Tokyo Press in 1996"--Title page verso.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

"Focusing on the significance of the Greater East Asia policies promoted by Prime Minister Shigemitsu Mamoru during World War II - including the issues of approving independence for Burma and the Philippines as well as the liberation of French Indochina - Prof. Hatano Sumio sheds light on the formation and evolution of Japan's diplomacy in Asia. He then goes on to verify the meaning of what was held to be Japan's war aim - liberation of the people of Asia - and its impact on policies"-- Back cover.

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