Stars and stripes across the Pacific : the United States, Japan, and Asia/Pacific region, 1895-1945 / William F. Nimmo.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Nimmo, William F.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Asia--Foreign relations--United States.

Asia.

United States--Foreign relations--Asia.

United States.

Pacific Area--Foreign relations--United States.

Pacific Area.

United States--Foreign relations--Pacific Area.

Japan--Foreign relations--United States.

Japan.

United States--Foreign relations--Japan.

United States--Foreign relations--20th century.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (296 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Distribution:

London : Bloomsbury Publishing, 2024

Place of Publication:

Westport, Conn. : Praeger, 2001.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In the late 19th century, the United States began a period of increased engagement in the Western Pacific--a situation that continues to this day. Nimmo provides a study of U.S. diplomatic, economic, and military relations with the nations of East Asia and the Pacific from the late 1800s to 1945. In addition to interaction with China, Korea, and Japan, the book includes U.S. involvement in Hawaii, American Samoa, Guam, and the Philippines. This one-volume treatment, ranging from the Spanish American War to the Second World War, examines the continuity in U.S. policy during this crucial period. Particular attention is devoted to the U.S. response to Japan's territorial aggression during this period, primarily its undeclared wars against China, in Manchuria in 1931, and in North and Central China from 1937 to 1945. This examination counters revisionist claims that the United States led Japan into war in 1941 and that war could have been avoided by the pursuit of a more conciliatory policy on the part of the U.S. It explores why it was necessary for the U.S. to demand unconditional surrender and refutes claims that Japan was a victim of the war. The acquisition of U.S. territory in the Pacific initially began with the annexation of Hawaii and continued with the former possessions of Spain, ceded in the Spanish American War. Nimmo follows this story through the Philippine War, efforts to promote Philippine independence, the Commonwealth era, and finally independence in 1946.

Contents:

Cover

Stars and Stripes Across the Pacific

Contents

Preface

CHAPTER 1 The Beginnings: New Experiences for Americans in Asia and the Pacific

CHAPTER 2 Expansion in Asia and the Pacific

THE SINO-JAPANESE WAR, 1894-1895

JAPAN AND THE UNITED STATES BECOME POWERS IN ASIA AND THE PACIFIC

THE SPANISH-AMERICAN WAR AND THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS

THE PHILIPPINE WAR

JOHN HAY AND THE OPEN DOOR

THE BOXER REBELLION

CHAPTER 3 New Century and Rising New Powers

JAPAN TEAMS UP WITH BRITAIN: ANGLO-JAPANESE ALLIANCE OF 1902

THE UNITED STATES AND POTENTIAL ENEMIES IN ASIA AND THE PACIFIC

THE RUSSO-JAPANESE WAR, 1904-1905

STIRRINGS OF NATIONALISM IN CHINA AND EFFECT ON THE UNITED STATES

FROM THE RUSSO-JAPANESE WAR TO WORLD WAR I

CHAPTER 4 World War I: Big Rewards for Japan with Little Pain

JAPAN AGAINST GERMANY: SHANTUNG PENINSULA AND PACIFIC ISLANDS

TWENTY-ONE DEMANDS AND AMERICAN OBJECTIONS

LEGISLATION PASSED FOR EVENTUAL INDEPENDENCE OF THE PHILIPPINES

LANSING-ISHII AGREEMENT

THE SIBERIAN INTERVENTION

PROTESTS IN KOREA AND CHINA AGAINST JAPAN

CHAPTER 5 The 1920s: A Move to Liberalism in Japan and Turmoil in China

THE SIBERIAN INTERVENTION: JAPAN PULLS OUT UNDER PRESSURE

THE WASHINGTON NAVAL CONFERENCE, 1921-1922

A LIBERALIZING TREND IN JAPAN: TAISHO DEMOCRACY

THE GREAT KANTO EARTHQUAKE OF 1923

THE UNITED STATES AND CHINA AFTER THE WASHINGTON NAVAL CONFERENCE

OPPOSITION TO JAPANESE IMMIGRATION IN THE UNITED STATES

CHAPTER 6 The Japanese Army Moves in on Civilian Government

ARRANGEMENT IN CHINA: RENEWAL OF EXPANSIONIST ADVENTURES

KELLOGG-BRIAND PACT: THERE WILL BE NO MORE WAR

THE LONDON NAVAL CONFERENCE: JAPAN'S NAVY REBELS AGAINST LIMITS

WORLDWIDE ECONOMIC DEPRESSION.

CHAPTER 7 The Early 1930s: Japan Expands While the United States Withdraws from Colonial Ambitions

DECEPTION AT MUKDEN: THE JAPANESE ARMY OCCUPIES MANCHURIA

BIRTH OF A PUPPET STATE IN DEFIANCE OF WORLD OPINION

ESTABLISHMENT OF THE PHILIPPINE COMMONWEALTH

CHAPTER 8 Japan's Attempt to Conquer China

THE MARCO POLO BRIDGE: ANOTHER PRETEXT FOR INVASION

WAR IN EAST CHINA: JAPAN "FORCED" TO LAUNCH A PUNITIVE ACTION

THE PANAY INCIDENT: A U.S. NAVY VESSEL DESTROYED

THE MASSACRE IN NANKING: JAPANESE TROOPS RUN AMOK

STALEMATE IN CHINA: THE WAR BOGS DOWN AMID A DIVIDED CHINA

CHAPTER 9 Confrontation between the United States and Japan

THE UNITED STATES TAKES A STERN POSITION WITH JAPAN

THE UNITED STATES IMPOSES TRADE RESTRICTIONS ON JAPAN

NEGOTIATIONS BETWEEN JAPAN AND THE UNITED STATES IN 1941

THE ATLANTIC CONFERENCE

THE FINAL NEGOTIATIONS

CHAPTER 10 The Military Dictatorship Takes Japan to War

JAPAN STRIKES: PEARL HARBOR AND SOUTHEAST ASIA, DECEMBER 1941

EASY VICTORIES FOR THE RISING SUN: DECEMBER 1941 TO MAY 1942

THE TIDE TURNS: CORAL SEA AND MIDWAY, MAY AND JUNE 1942

PUSHING BACK THE EMPIRE: MACARTHUR AND NIMITZ, 1942-1944

JAPAN DIGS IN: SAIPAN, THE BATTLE OF THE PHILIPPINE SEA, AND THE PHILIPPINES

MACARTHUR'S RETURN TO THE PHILIPPINES

TOKYO'S PROPAGANDA ATTEMPTS TO MAINTAIN MORALE ON THE HOMEFRONT

THE WAR IN CHINA AND BURMA

THE LAST STAGES: JANUARY TO JUNE, 1945-LUZON, IWO JIMA, AND OKINAWA

CHAPTER 11 Ending the War

JAPAN SEEKS KREMLIN HELP

GETS THE POTSDAM DECLARATION INSTEAD

MAJOR BLOWS TO JAPAN: HIROSHIMA AND THE SOVIET ENTRY INTO THE WAR

ATOMIC BOMBS AND THE SOVIET ATTACK LEAD THE EMPEROR TO ACT

STALIN'S ATTEMPT TO INVADE JAPAN BEFORE THE OCCUPATION BEGINS

AFTERMATH OF WAR

Appendix: Romanization of Chinese Names

Notes

Bibliography

Index.

About the Author.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references (p. [247]-277) and index.

ISBN:

9798216018353

9780313003943

0313003947

OCLC:

613393434