1st Edition

Behind The Japanese Mask A British Ambassador in Japan 1937-1942

By Robert Cruigie Copyright 2005
    256 Pages
    by Routledge

    192 Pages
    by Routledge

    First published in 2005. Written by His Majesty's Ambassador to Japan immediately before the outbreak of the World War II, this book charts the sequence of events that led to the outbreak of the War, examining the intricacies of the struggle between the forces that favoured the war and those who opposed it. The book contains much personal information on the situation in Japan and the main chronicles witnessed.

    I EARLY CONTACTS AND IMPRESSIONS II THE NAVAL QUESTION IN RELATION TO JAPANESE MILITARISM (1927-1937) III THE PROGRESSIVE TWENTIES IV THE RETROGRESSIVE THIRTIES V MURDER AS AN INSTRUMENT OF POLICY VI SOME CAUSES OF THE SINO-JAPANESE WAR VII FIRST WEEKS IN JAPAN (1937) VIII FIRST AFTERMATH OF OUTBREAK OF CHINA WAR (1937-38 ) IX AMENITIES OF LIFE (1938 ) X PRINCE KONOYE AND HIS FOREIGN MINISTERS (1938) XI CRUZEN]I . XII INTERPLAY OF FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC POLITICS (1938-39) XIII TIENTSIN (1939-10) XIV TWO MODERATE GOVERNMENTS (AUGIST, 1939-JULY1940) 78XV JAPAN TAKES THE LOW ROAD (JULY, 1940). 87 XVI HAYAMA XVII AMERICAN-JAPANESE RELATIONS XVIII MATSUOKA'S YEAR (JULY, 1940--JULY, 1941) XIX THIRD KONOYE CABINET (JUL Y -OCTOBER, 194I) XX SOME EFFECTS OF THE GROWING POLITICAL TENSION XXI EVE OF WAR (OCTOBER-DECEMBER, 194I) XXII WAR (DECEMBER 8TH, 1941) XXIII INTERNMENT (DECEMBER, I94I-JULY, 1942) XXIV EVACUATION (JULY-OCTOBER, 1942)XXV RETROSPECT XXVI PROSPECT.

    Biography

    Robert Cruigie