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Record Nr.

UNINA9910822954903321

Autore

Dunscomb Paul E. <1963->

Titolo

Japan's Siberian intervention, 1918-1922 [[electronic resource] ] : "a great disobedience against the people" / / Paul E. Dunscomb

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Lanham, Md., : Lexington Books, c2011

ISBN

1-283-59939-2

0-7391-4602-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (264 p.)

Collana

New studies of modern Japan

Soggetti

Imperialism - History - 20th century

Imperialism - Social aspects - Japan - History - 20th century

Intervention (International law) - History - 20th century

Japan Foreign relations 1912-1926

Japan Foreign relations Soviet Union

Japan Politics and government 1912-1926

Japan Relations Russia (Federation) Siberia

Siberia (Russia) Relations Japan

Soviet Union Foreign relations Japan

Soviet Union History Allied intervention, 1918-1920

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction: ""To Demonstrate Our Power To Aid Civilization"" The Meaning of Japan's Intervention in Siberia; 1: ""A Delicious Stew"": Entropy and Plurality in Japanese Politics, 1890-1917; 2: ""There is No Reason Not to Oppose It"": Debating Intervention, December 1917-June 1918; 3: ""The Seiyūkai Will Greatly Contribute to the Fate of the Empire"": Intervention and the Rise of the Hara Cabinet, July-November 1918

4: ""International Democracy Cannot Exist in Opposition to Democracy at Home"": The Rise and Fall of ""Allied"" Intervention, November 1918-December 19195: ""The Army Minister's Head Must be Placed on the Chopping Block First"": The Transition to Unilateral Intervention,



January-August 1920; 6: ""Indefinitely Stationing Troops is Harmful and Unproductive"": Towards Withdrawal ""In Principle,"" September 1920-May 1921; 7: ""Oh, Meaningless Intervention!"": A Year of Drift, June 1921 - June 1922

8: ""Who Must Take Responsibility for This Crime?"": Withdrawal and Reckoning the Cost of Intervention, June-November 1922Conclusion: ""A Situation in Which We Can Only Come Out Losers"": The Siberian Intervention and the Evolution of Imperial Japan; Bibliography; Index; About the Author

Sommario/riassunto

The first complete narrative of Japan's Siberian Intervention in either Japanese or English placing the intervention in the context of the evolution of Japanese imperialism and of its domestic politics. It represents a missing link in the larger narrative of Japan's quest for modernity through empire and the ambivalent relationship of the Japanese with their imperial mission.