Ten Years in Japan
by Joseph C. Grew
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Ten Years in Japan is a fascinating and unique look inside the government of Japan before and during the attack on Pearl Harbour. Written from the detailed personal diaries of Joseph C. Grew the American ambassador based in Tokyo from 1932 and up until war was declared in the beginning of 1942. This book deals, as is right and proper, primarily with American-Japanese relations. But for British readers it has a special interest because it covers a period during which British and American show more policies in the Orient followed parallel lines; a period when the two Governments were grappling with problems always similar and sometimes identical. The interest is not lessened by the peeps that we get of what were, in fact, unremitting efforts on the part of the Japanese to sow discord between Britain and America on the principle of 'divide et impera.' show lessTags
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(first published 1944)
political, economic, and diplomatic events that led to Japan bombing Pearl Harbor.
Drawn from the Diaries & Private & Official Papers of J.C. Grew
Grew was US Ambassador to Japan from 1932 until Pearl Harbor, and was held by the Japanese until mid-1942. This book is a Contemporary Record drawn from his diaries & official papers, & as such, is an important source for an historian.
Illustrations
Foreword
The Assassin's Shadow Lies Across Japan
Three Years of Calm Before the Storm
From Abortive Revolution to Open War
China Incident
One World: Two Wars
One World: One War
Japanese Officials & Foreign Diplomats
One of my big take-aways from this book is how shaky Japan's pact with Germany was. Once Japan started fighting China in show more 1937, one of their primary concerns was war with the Soviet Union. When Germany concluded its non-aggression pact with the Soviets, Japan worked to achieve the same thing. Then, just days after concluding the pact Hitler launched Barbarossa, generating turmoil amongst Japanese leadership and resulting in a change of government. show less
political, economic, and diplomatic events that led to Japan bombing Pearl Harbor.
Drawn from the Diaries & Private & Official Papers of J.C. Grew
Grew was US Ambassador to Japan from 1932 until Pearl Harbor, and was held by the Japanese until mid-1942. This book is a Contemporary Record drawn from his diaries & official papers, & as such, is an important source for an historian.
Illustrations
Foreword
The Assassin's Shadow Lies Across Japan
Three Years of Calm Before the Storm
From Abortive Revolution to Open War
China Incident
One World: Two Wars
One World: One War
Japanese Officials & Foreign Diplomats
One of my big take-aways from this book is how shaky Japan's pact with Germany was. Once Japan started fighting China in show more 1937, one of their primary concerns was war with the Soviet Union. When Germany concluded its non-aggression pact with the Soviets, Japan worked to achieve the same thing. Then, just days after concluding the pact Hitler launched Barbarossa, generating turmoil amongst Japanese leadership and resulting in a change of government. show less
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