Japan's Siberian intervention, 1918-1922
Subtitle: a great disobedience against the people
By: Paul E. Dunscomb
Series: Studies of modern Japan
Publisher: Lexington Books
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Lanham
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780739146002; 9780739146019
Subjects: Politics and government; Imperialism; Foreign relations; Intervention (International law); Relations; History
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction: "To demonstrate our power to aid civilization"; title: The meaning of Japan's intervention in Siberia; title: "A delicious stew" : entropy and plurality in Japanese politics, 1890-1917; title: "There is no reason not to oppose it" : debating intervention, December 1917-June 1918; title: "The Seiyukai will greatly contribute to the fate of the empire" : intervention and the rise of the Hara cabinet, July-November 1918; title: "International democracy cannot exist in opposition to democracy at home"; title: The rise and fall of "Allied" intervention, November 1918-December 1919; title: "The Army minister's head must be placed on the chopping block first" : the transition to unilateral intervention, January-August 1920; title: "Indefinitely stationing troops is harmful and unproductive" : towards withdrawal "in principle," September 1920-May 1921; title: "Oh, meaningless intervention!" : a year of drift, June 1921-June 1922; title: "Who must take responsibility for this crime" : withdrawal and reckoning the costs of intervention, June-November 1922; title: Afterword: "A situation in which we can only come out losers"; title: The Siberian intervention and the evolution of imperial Japan.