Japan's economic planning and mobilization in wartime, 1930s-1940s : the competence of the state / Yoshiro Miwa (Osaka Gakuin University and the University of Tokyo).

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Miwa, Yoshirō, 1948- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Japan. Kaigun. Kōkūtai--History--20th century.

Japan.

Japan. Kaigun. Kōkūtai.

World War, 1939-1945--Economic aspects--Japan.

World War, 1939-1945.

Sino-Japanese War, 1937-1945--Economic aspects--Japan.

Sino-Japanese War, 1937-1945.

Industrial mobilization--Japan--History--20th century.

Industrial mobilization.

Military planning.

History.

Japan--Armed Forces--Mobilization--History--20th century.

Armed Forces.

Japan--Economic policy--1918-1945.

Economic policy.

Japan--Military policy.

Military policy.

Military planning--Japan--History--20th century.

Physical Description:

xviii, 462 pages : charts ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2015.

Summary:

"Although most economists maintain a mistrust of a government's goals when it intervenes in an economy, many continue to trust its actual ability. They retain, in other words, a faith in state competence. For this faith, they adduce no evidence. Sharing little skepticism about the government's ability, they continue to expect the best of governmental intervention. To study government competence in World War II Japan offers an intriguing laboratory. In this book, Yoshiro Miwa shows that the Japanese government did not conduct requisite planning for the war by any means. It made its choices on an ad hoc basis and the war itself quickly became a dead end. That the government planned for the war incompetently casts doubts on the accounts of Japanese government leadership more generally"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Part I. The Reality of Systematic War Preparations, War Mobilization, and Economic Control

War planning and mobilization during the first-half of the war with China

Operation plan, war plan, and basic national defense policy

Part II. Materials-Mobilization Plans, Production-Capacity-Expansion Plans, and Economic Control

Economic planning and control in wartime Japan : general discussion

Materials-mobilization plans (MMPlans)

Production-capacity-expansion plans and policies

PCE Policies in Manchukuo (Manchuria)

Part III. The Navy Air Force : Study of a Central Player in the War on the Japanese Side

Preparations

The Navy Air Force during the war with China

The Navy Air Force during the Pacific War

Conclusion.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 443-452) and index.

ISBN:

9781107026506

1107026504

OCLC:

903672566