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Japanese intelligence and imperial diplomacy in 1920s China.
- Format:
- Book
- Thesis/Dissertation
- Author/Creator:
- Waseda-Hida, Kyoko.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- International relations.
- Asia--History.
- Asia.
- History.
- 0332.
- 0601.
- Local Subjects:
- 0332.
- 0601.
- Physical Description:
- 185 pages
- Contained In:
- Dissertation Abstracts International 73-09A(E).
- System Details:
- Mode of access: World Wide Web.
- text file
- Summary:
- This study examines three cases, the First Zhili-Fengtian War of 1922, Second Zhili-Fengtian War of 1924, and Guo Songling Revolt of 1925 from an intelligence perspective to see them as something more than a simple path to the 1931 Manchurian Incident. Past scholarship has highlighted institutional rivalry over China policy between the Japanese Foreign and War Ministries, and a consequent mismatch between words and deeds in Japanese diplomacy. This study argues that Japanese civilian and military rivalries have been overplayed and that the so-called "dual diplomacy" of contrasting words and deeds was painstakingly learned as requisite for great power status. From a larger perspective, the case studies demonstrate that intelligence activities had become a common tool for great powers in interwar China and that Japanese intelligence became quite successful in this competitive environment.
- Notes:
- Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 73-09(E), Section: A.
- Adviser: Arthur N. Waldron.
- Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Pennsylvania, 2012.
- Local Notes:
- School code: 0175.
- ISBN:
- 9781267360076
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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