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From Mahan to Pearl Harbor : the imperial Japanese navy and the United States / Sadao Asada.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Asada, Sadao.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Mahan, A. T. (Alfred Thayer), 1840-1914.
- Mahan, A. T.
- Japan--Foreign relations ----20th century.
- Japan.
- Japan--History, Naval ----1868-1945.
- Japan. Kaigun--History ----20th century.
- World War, 1939-1945--Japan.
- World War, 1939-1945.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (764 pages)
- Other Title:
- From Mahan to Pearl Harbor
- Place of Publication:
- Annopolis : Naval Institute Press, 2013.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Major work by one of Japan's leading naval historians, this book traces Alfred Thayer Mahan's influence on Japan's rise as a sea power after the publication of his classic study, The Influence of Sea Power Upon History. Hailed by the British Admiralty, Theodore Roosevelt, and Kaiser Wilhelm II, the international bestseller also was endorsed by the Japanese Naval Ministry, who took it as a clarion call to enhance their own sea power. That power, of course, was eventually used against the United States. Sadao Asada opens his book with a discussion of Mahan's sea power doctrine and demonstrates how Mahan's ideas led the Imperial Japanese Navy to view itself as a hypothetical enemy of the Americans.
- Contents:
- PART ONE: THE GENESIS OF ANTAGONISM
- 1. Mahan and Japanese-American Relations
- 2. Mahan's Influence on Japanese Sea Power
- PART TWO: PACIFIC RAPPROCHEMENT
- 3. From Enmity to Détente
- 4. The Washington Conference
- PART THREE: COMPROMISE AND REACTION
- 5. Revolt against the Washington Treaty
- 6. The Denouement: The London Naval Conference
- PART FOUR: JAPAN ISOLATED
- 7. Men, Organization, and Strategic Visions, 1931-41
- 8. Abrogation of the Washington Treaty and After
- 9. The Japanese Navy and the Tripartite Pact
- PART FIVE: PACIFIC CONFRONTATION
- 10. The Southward Advance and the American Embargo
- 11. Decision for War
- Conclusion.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Contains:
- Influence of sea power upon history, 1660-1783.
- ISBN:
- 1-61251-295-X
- OCLC:
- 843193513
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