Wings for the rising sun : a transnational history of Japanese aviation / Jürgen P. Melzer.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Melzer, Jürgen P., author.

Series:

Harvard East Asian monographs ; 428.

Harvard East Asian monographs ; 428

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Aeronautics--Japan--History.

Aeronautics.

Airplanes--Japan--History.

Airplanes.

Japan. Rikugun.

Japan.

History.

Japan--Foreign relations--1868-.

International relations.

Diplomatic relations.

Genre:

History.

Physical Description:

xxiv, 339 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm.

Distribution:

Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Press.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Asia Center, 2020.

Contents:

Part I Early Japanese Aviation, 1877-1918

1 Powerful Images and Grand Visions p. 11

Early Gas Balloons: Low Tech, High Risk p. 13

Japan's First Balloon Launch p. 14

Balloon Fever Grips Japan p. 17

Balloons in the Russo-Japanese War and a Technological Dead-End p. 19

Two Reports about Western Aviation p. 22

The Road to Japan's First Motorized Flight p. 24

2 The French Decade p. 40

The Flying Baron Shigeno p. 41

The Qingdao Air War: Brief Encounters and a Lasting Myth p. 44

A Technocrat Shapes His Vision: Kusakari Shiro p. 50

Inoue Ikutaro: The Army Air Force's Mastermind p. 54

The French Aeronautical Mission to Japan p. 56

Reconsidering the Exclusive Devotion to French Aviation p. 64

Part II Germany and Japan's Army Aviation, 1918-37

3 Japan's Army Aviation in the "Wake of World War I p. 69

Early German Influence, 1919-25 p. 71

The Army's Struggle over a New Air Doctrine p. 80

Squaring the Circle: Disarmament and Airpower Buildup p. 83

Visions of Internationalism and National Prestige: The "Visit Europe Flight" p. 86

4 On the Way to Independent Aircraft Design p. 96

Industrialists, Engineers, and Teachers p. 97

German Airliners into Japanese Bombers: Junkers in Japan p. 114

The Army's New Aircraft and the Manchurian Crisis p. 125

Part III Britain, Germany, and Japan's Naval Aviation, 1912-37

5 Navigating a Sea of Change p. 139

Japanese Observers in Britain during World War I p. 142

An Early Compromise: Ship-Based Floatplanes p. 144

A New Launching Technology p. 147

Redefining Naval Airpower: The Early Years of Carrier-Based Aircraft p. 149

The Arrival of the First British Aeronautical Engineers in Japan p. 151

The British Aviation Mission to Japan p. 154

Japan's Naval Aviation Taking the Lead p. 169

Toward an Autonomous Airpower: Large, All-Metal Flying Boats p. 170

The Next Generation of Japanese Aircraft Carriers p. 183

A Second Generation of Carrier Planes p. 186

A New Role for Carrier Aircraft: Preemptive Air Strikes p. 188

Britain's Waning Influence and a Fateful Legacy p. 191

Part IV Toward Pearl Harbor and Beyond, 1937-45

7 US Know-How for Japanese Aircraft Makers p. 201

Late Japanese Interest in US Aviation p. 202

US Aviation Technology Comes to Japan p. 205

A Craving for US Machine Tools p. 213

Know Your Enemy: US Assessments of Japanese Airpower p. 219

Japanese Perceptions of the US Aviation Industry p. 231

8 Jet and Rocket Technology for Japan's Decisive Battle p. 234

Early Japanese Experiments p. 236

German Technology to Japan p. 238

Japan's First Rocket Aircraft p. 241

One More Miracle Weapon: Jet Airplanes p. 248

The Maiden Flight of the Shusui p. 252

The Kikka's Maiden Flight p. 254

Suicidal Cherry Blossoms: The Oka Attack Aircraft p. 258

Technology Transfer: Causes, Conduits, and Consequences p. 265

The Media and the Public: Anxieties, Exhilaration, and Fervent Nationalism p. 268

International Relations: From Cooperation to Alienation and Conflict p. 269

Transwar Continuities and Postwar Disruptions: Japanese Aviation after 1945 p. 271.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 313-328) and index.

ISBN:

0674244419

9780674244412

9780674244429

0674244427

OCLC:

1114885924