Fifteen lectures on Showa Japan road to the Pacific War in recent historiography - Tsutsui, Kiyotada 1948-; Noda, Makito; Narum, Paul (2016)
The Washington Treaty System and Shidehara diplomacy Watanabe Kota -- Enactment of the General Election Law and the beginning of democratic politics Koyama Toshiki -- From the northern expeditions to the assassination of Zhang Zuolin Iechika Ryoko -- London Naval Conference, Imperial Court, political parties, and the Imperial Japanese Navy Hatano Isamu -- From the Manchurian Incident to Japan's withdrawal from the League of Nations Tohmatsu Haruo -- The Emperor-as-Organ Theory incident Shibata Shin'ichi -- February 26 Incident and the ultranationalist movement in the Showa era Tsutsui Kiyotada -- The Marco Polo Bridge incident: from the signing of the Tanggu Truce to the failure of the Trautmann Mediation attempt Iwatani Nobu -- The deepening quagmire of the Sino-Japanese War and the Declaration of the New Order in East Asia Tobe Ryoichi -- The Nomonhan incident and the Japanese-Soviet Neutrality Pact Hanada Tomoyuki -- The path to the Tripartite Alliance of Japan, Germany, and Italy Takeda Tomoki -- The New Konoe Order and reform bureaucrats Makino Kuniaki -- From the US-Japan negotiations to the outbreak of War Moriyama Atsushi -- Emperor Hirohito's "sacred decisions" and the political process of Japan's surrender Suzuki Tamon -- The occupation of Japan: the international background behind the policy of the United States toward Japan Iguchi Haruo.
Originally published in the Japanese language as 'Showa-shi kogi: Saishin kenkyu de miru senso e no michi' by Chikumashobo Ltd. in 2015" -- title verso.
Includes bibliographical references.
Keywords: World War, 1939-1945 -- Japan; Japan -- History -- 1926-1945.; Japan -- History -- Sh?owa period, 1926-1989.