Turbulence in the Pacific : Japanese-U.S. relations during World War I / Noriko Kawamura.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Kawamura, Noriko, 1955-

Series:

International history.

International history, 1527-2230

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

World War, 1914-1918--Diplomatic history.

World War, 1914-1918.

United States--Foreign relations--Japan.

United States.

Japan--Foreign relations--United States.

Japan.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (187 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Distribution:

London : Bloomsbury Publishing, 2024

Place of Publication:

Westport, Conn. : Praeger, 2000.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Although events in East Asia were a sideshow in the great drama of World War I, what happened there shattered the accord between Japan and the United States. This book pursues the two-fold question of how and why U.S.-Japanese tensions developed into antagonism during the war by inquiring into the historical sources of both sides. Kawamura explains this complex phenomenon by looking at various factors: conflicts of national interests-geopolitical and economic; perceptual problems such as miscommunication, miscalculation, and mistrust; and, most important of all, incompatible approaches to foreign policy. America's universalism and the unilateralism inherent in Wilsonian idealistic internationalism clashed with Japan's particularistic regionalism and the pluralism that derived from its strong sense of racial identity and anti-Western nationalistic sentiments. By looking at the motives and circumstances behind Japan's expansionist policy in East Asia, Kawamura suggests some of the centrifugal forces that divided the nations and challenged the premise of Wilsonian internationalism. At the same time, through critical examination of the Wilson administration's universalist and unilateral response to Japan's actions, she raises serious questions about the effectiveness of American foreign policy. At the close of the 20th century, after 50 years of Cold War, those in search of a new world order tend to resort to Wilsonian rhetoric. This book suggests that it can be unwise to apply a universalistic and idealistic approach to international conflicts that often result from extreme nationalism, regionalism, and racial rivalry.

Contents:

Cover

TURBULENCE IN THE PACIFIC

Contents

Series Foreword

Preface

Introduction

NOTES

CHAPTER 1 Japan's Entry into the War and the Twenty-one Demands

CHAPTER 2 American Response to the Twenty-one Demands

CHAPTER 3 Who Should Lead China into the War?

CHAPTER 4 The Lansing-Ishii Agreement

CHAPTER 5 Siberian Intervention

CHAPTER 6 Wilsonian Idealism and Japanese Claims at the Paris Peace Conference

Selected Bibliography

I. MANUSCRIPTS

A. The United States

B. Japan

II. GOVERNMENT AND DOCUMENTARY PUBLICATIONS

III. PUBLISHED DIARIES, MEMOIRS, LETTERS, AND OTHER COLLECTED WORKS

C. Others

IV. NEWSPAPERS

V. GENERAL WORKS AND SPECIAL STUDIES

Index

About the Author.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references (p. [153]-165) and index.

ISBN:

9798216027874

9780313000942

0313000948

OCLC:

50679734