02536nam 2200433 450 991050850530332120230515033406.0(CKB)5590000000630162(NjHacI)995590000000630162(EXLCZ)99559000000063016220230515d2021 uy 0engur|||||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierSweden, Japan, and the Long Second World War 1931-1945 /Pascal Lottaz and Ingemar Ottosson with an essay by Bert EdströmLondon ;New York :Taylor & Francis,[2021]©20211 online resource (236 pages) illustrationsRoutledge studies in Second World War history1-03-202141-1 Includes bibliographical references and index.Introduction -- In the beginning : early Swedish-Japanese relations -- Trade under protest : a war in all but name -- Fading protest : total war in China -- Staying relevant : total war in Europe -- Fully engaged : total war in the Pacific -- In the end : Widar Bagge, Japan, and the end of the Second World War."Lottaz and Ottosson explore the intricate relationship between neutral Sweden and Imperial Japan during the latter's fifteen years of warfare in Asia and in the Pacific. While Sweden's relationship with European Axis powers took places under the premiss of existential security concerns, the case of Japan was altogether different. Japan never was a threat to Sweden, militarily or economically. Nevertheless, Stockholm maintained a close relationship with Tokyo until Japan's surrender in 1945. This book explores the reasons for that and thereby provides a study on the rationale and the value of neutrality in the Long Second World War. Sweden, Japan, and the Long Second World War is a valuable resource for scholars of the Second World War and of the history of neutrality"--Provided by publisher.Routledge studies in Second World War history.Sweden, Japan, and the Long Second World War World War, 1939-1945SwedenWorld War, 1939-1945940.5325485Lottaz Pascal1261867Ottosson Ingemar Edström BertNjHacINjHaclBOOK9910508505303321SWEDEN, JAPAN, AND THE LONG SECOND WORLD WAR2944652UNINA