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Record Nr.

UNINA9910812941403321

Autore

Slavinskii B. N (Boris Nikolaevich)

Titolo

The Japanese-Soviet neutrality pact : a diplomatic history, 1941-1945 / / Boris Slavinsky ; translated by Geoffrey Jukes

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York, : RoutledgeCurzon, 2004

ISBN

1-134-35136-4

1-280-40287-3

0-203-30083-1

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (252 pages)

Collana

Nissan Institute/RoutledgeCurzon Japanese studies series

Classificazione

15.59

Altri autori (Persone)

JukesGeoffrey

Disciplina

940.53/2

Soggetti

World War, 1939-1945 - Diplomatic history

Soviet Union Foreign relations Treaties

Japan Foreign relations Treaties

Soviet Union Foreign relations Japan Sources

Japan Foreign relations Soviet Union Sources

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [206]-223) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover -- The Japanese-Soviet Neutrality Pact -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- List of figures -- Translator's note -- Series editor's preface -- Preface -- 1 Historiography of the problem -- 2 Non-aggression pact or neutrality pact? -- 3 Matsuoka's negotiations in Moscow: Signature and evaluation of the Neutrality Pact -- 4 Germany's attack on the USSR, and Japan's position -- 5 Japan's Pearl Harbor attack and the Neutrality Pact -- 6 The Neutrality Pact when Japan seemed to be winning the East Asian War, 1941-2 -- 7 Implementing the Neutrality Pact, 1943-mid-1944: Problems and achievements -- 8 The last year of the USSR's war with Germany -- 9 The denunciation of the Neutrality Pact -- 10 Japan seeks Soviet mediation: May-July 1945 -- 11 The USSR joins the war against Japan -- Afterword -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.

Sommario/riassunto

This book provides an in-depth study of the Japanese-Soviet neutrality pact, which held between 1941 and 1945 and ended with the USSR's declaration of war against Japan.