03748nam 2200601Ia 450 991078577360332120200520144314.01-283-59939-20-7391-4602-5(CKB)2670000000241776(EBL)1021891(OCoLC)855502127(MiAaPQ)EBC1021891(Au-PeEL)EBL1021891(CaPaEBR)ebr10602263(CaONFJC)MIL391184(EXLCZ)99267000000024177620101130d2011 uy 0engur|n|---|||||Japan's Siberian intervention, 1918-1922[electronic resource] "a great disobedience against the people" /Paul E. DunscombLanham, Md. Lexington Booksc20111 online resource (264 p.)New studies of modern JapanDescription based upon print version of record.0-7391-4601-7 Includes bibliographical references and index.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 19184: ""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 19228: ""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 AuthorThe 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.Studies of Modern JapanImperialismHistory20th centuryImperialismSocial aspectsJapanHistory20th centuryIntervention (International law)History20th centuryJapanForeign relations1912-1926JapanForeign relationsSoviet UnionJapanPolitics and government1912-1926JapanRelationsRussia (Federation)SiberiaSiberia (Russia)RelationsJapanSoviet UnionForeign relationsJapanSoviet UnionHistoryAllied intervention, 1918-1920ImperialismHistoryImperialismSocial aspectsHistoryIntervention (International law)HistoryDunscomb Paul E.1963-1538422MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910785773603321Japan's Siberian intervention, 1918-19223788433UNINA