03013nam 2200661Ia 450 991080876370332120200520144314.01-85075-615-51-135-79591-60-203-69164-41-135-79592-41-280-05263-597866100526390-203-64179-510.4324/9780203641798 (CKB)1000000000251938(EBL)200889(OCoLC)475912632(SSID)ssj0000303282(PQKBManifestationID)11236467(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000303282(PQKBWorkID)10275388(PQKB)10372437(MiAaPQ)EBC200889(Au-PeEL)EBL200889(CaPaEBR)ebr10093879(CaONFJC)MIL5263(OCoLC)56907237 (EXLCZ)99100000000025193820000407d2004 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrMilitary intervention in pre-war Japanese politics Admiral Kato Kanji and the 'Washington system' /Ian GowLondon ;New York RoutledgeCurzon20041 online resource (377 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-415-65015-1 0-7007-1315-8 Includes bibliography and index.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; IndexThis 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 foAdmiralsJapanBiographyJapanHistory, NavalJapanPolitics and government1926-1945Admirals322.50952359.331092Gow Ian1763962MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910808763703321Military intervention in pre-war Japanese politics4204666UNINA