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Record Nr.

UNINA9910784000603321

Autore

Gow Ian <1953, >

Titolo

Military intervention in pre-war Japanese politics : Admiral Kato Kanji and the 'Washington System' / / Ian Gow

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London : , : RoutledgeCurzon, , 2004

ISBN

1-85075-615-5

1-135-79591-6

0-203-69164-4

1-135-79592-4

1-280-05263-5

9786610052639

0-203-64179-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (377 p.)

Disciplina

322.50952

359.331092

Soggetti

Admirals - Japan

Japan History, Naval

Japan Politics and government 1926-1945

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliography and index.

Nota di contenuto

Book Cover; Title; Contents; Preface and Acknowledgements; Introduction; The Early Years; 1882  1921: Naval Career, From Student to Naval Academy President; The Road to the Washington Conference; Kat at Washington, 1921  22; From Washington to London: The Years 1922  29; The Road to the 1930 London Naval Conference; Kat Opposes the 'American Compromise'; Kat and the Treaty Ratification Issue; Kat as Supreme Military Councillor, and TreatyRatification; Kat's Final Years; Conclusion; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

This is a study of the impact of inter-war naval arms control policy-making on the domestic politics of Japan, especially the areas of civil-military, inter-military (Army/Navy) and especially intra-military (Navy) relations and on the professional and political career of one leading naval figure, Admiral Kato Kanji (1873-1939). In this re-appraisal of



Kato's career, the author challenges the conventional and negative interpretation of both Kato's role in the naval politics and factions within the Imperial Navy, utilizing Kato's involvement in the domestic political debate as a focal device fo