Description
Product ID: | 9780582493490 |
Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
Country of Manufacture: | GB |
Series: | Origins Of Modern Wars |
Title: | The Origins of the Second World War in Asia and the Pacific |
Authors: | Author: Akira Iriye |
Page Count: | 214 |
Subjects: | Australasian and Pacific history, Australasian & Pacific history, Second World War, Second World War, Pacific Ocean, c 1939 to c 1945 (including WW2) |
Description: | Select Guide Rating Professor Iriye analyses the origins of the 1941 conflict against the background of international relations in the preceding decade in order to answer the key question: Why did Japan decide to go to war against so formidable a combination of powers? Professor Iriye analyses the origins of the 1941 conflict against the background of international relations in the preceding decade in order to answer the key question: Why did Japan, which had not been able to defeat the isolated and divided forces of China, decide to go to war against so formidable a combination of powers? |
Imprint Name: | Longman |
Publisher Name: | Taylor & Francis Ltd |
Country of Publication: | GB |
Publishing Date: | 1987-04-06 |