JapanÕs Road to the Pacific War
Contributors: James W. Morley (Editor); David Titus (Translator)
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Published: April 15, 1994
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 437
ISBN-13: 9780231080248
Subjects: American history: Second World War; Asian / Middle Eastern history: Second World War; European history: Second World War; War & defence operations; Second World War, 1939-1945; 20th Century Diplomatic History; World War II - East Asia; History - Military / War; History: World; Europe; USA; Asia - General; General; Military - World War II; Political Science / General; 1912-1945; Causes; Diplomatic history; Foreign relations; Japan; United States; World War, 1939-1945
Description: This fifth and final volume of selected translations from Taiheiyo senso e no michi, available for the first time in English as Japan's Road to the Pacific War, covers the final negotiations between Japan and the United States which led to the attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.

Initiated over thirty years ago under the direction of Kamikawa Hikomatsu for the Japan Association on International Relations, Taiheiyo senso e no michi offered the most richly documented account available of the events which catapulted Japan into World War II.

The original Japanese authors were given access to a wide range of primary materials, including not only those of the International Military Tribunal for the Far East, but also a number of previously unavailable documents from the former imperial army and navy, the Justice Ministry, and the Foreign Ministry. Also consulted were the private papers of Prime Ministers Konoe Fumimaro and Okada Keisuke, General Ugaki Kazushige, and Colonel Ishiwara Kanji.

Key political and military leaders were interviewed as well.