The Japanese wartime empire, 1931-1945
By: edited by Peter Duus, Ramon H. Myers, and Mark R. Peattie ; contributors Wan-yao Chou ... [et al.].
Contributors: Duus, Peter, 1933-; Myers, Ramon Hawley, 1929-; Peattie, Mark R., 1930-; Chou, Wan-yao.; Japan-United States Friendship Commission.
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Published: 1996
Place of publication: Princeton, N.J
Language: eng
Number of pages: 375
Subjects: World War, 1939-1945 -- Asia -- Congresses.; World War, 1939-1945 -- Occupied territories -- Congresses.; Sino-Japanese Conflict, 1937-1945 -- Occupied territories -- Congresses.; Asia -- History -- 20th century -- Congresses.; Asia -- Military relations -- Japan -- Congresses.; Japan -- Military relations -- Asia -- Congresses.; Japan -- History -- 1926-1945 -- Congresses.
Description: With this book the editors complete the three-volume series on modern Japanese colonialism and imperialism that began with The Japanese Colonial Empire, 1895-1945 (Princeton, 1983) and The Japanese Informal Empire in China, 1895-1937 (Princeton, 1989). The Japanese military takeover in Manchuria between 1931 and 1932 was a critical turning point in East Asian history.

It marked the first surge of Japanese aggression beyond the boundaries of its older colonial empire and set Japan on a collision course with China and Western colonial powers from 1937 through 1945.

These essays seek to illuminate some of the more significant processes and institutions during the period when the empire was at war: the creation of a Japanese-dominated East Asian economic bloc centered in northeast Asia, the mobilization of human and physical resources in the older established areas of Japanese colonial rule, and the penetration and occupation of Southeast Asia.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Based on a conference sponsored by the U.S.-Japan Friendship Commission ... [et al.].