British Intelligence and the Japanese Challenge in Asia, 1914–1941 - Couverture souple

Best, A.

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1349425982 ISBN 13 : 9781349425983

Editeur : Palgrave Macmillan, 2002

Synopsis

This is the first full-length study of the role played by British Intelligence in influencing policy towards Japan from the decline of the Alliance to the outbreak of the Pacific War. Using many previously classified records it describes how the image of Japan generated by Intelligence during this period led Britain to underestimate Japanese military capabilities in 1941. The book shows how this image was derived from a lack of adequate intelligence resources and racially driven assumptions about Japanese national characteristics.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

ANTONY BEST is Lecturer in International History at the London School of Economics. He is the author of Britain, Japan and Pearl Harbour: Avoiding War in East Asia, 1936-41 and a number of scholarly articles on Anglo-Japanese relations in the 1930s.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Palgrave Macmillan
• Date d'édition: 2002
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1349425982
• ISBN 13: 9781349425983
• Reliure: Broché
• Numéro d'édition: 1
• Nombre de pages: 284
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