Japan's economic planning and mobilization in wartime, 1930s-1940s : the competence of the state / Yoshiro Miwa.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Miwa, Yoshirō, 1948- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

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

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

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

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

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

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

Japan--Economic policy--1918-1945.

Japan--Military policy.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xviii, 462 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Other Title:

Japan's economic planning & mobilization in wartime, 1930s-1940s

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2015.

Language Note:

English

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.

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:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-316-12012-0

1-316-12121-6

1-316-13320-6

1-316-13211-0

1-316-12993-4

1-316-13102-5

1-316-12775-3

1-316-12884-9

1-139-20781-4