TY - BOOK ID - 5096312 TI - Japan prepares for total war : the search for economic security, 1919-1941 PY - 1987 SN - 0801419158 1322502919 0801495296 0801468469 0801468450 9780801419157 PB - Ithaca (N.Y.): Cornell university press, DB - UniCat KW - Japan KW - Japon KW - Economic conditions KW - Economic policy KW - History KW - National security KW - Conditions économiques KW - Politique économique KW - Histoire KW - Sécurité nationale KW - J3375 KW - J3382 KW - J4600.80 KW - J4300.80 KW - -National security KW - National security policy KW - NSP (National security policy) KW - Security policy, National KW - International relations KW - Military policy KW - Japan: History -- Kindai, modern -- Taishō period (1912-1926) KW - Japan: History -- Gendai, modern -- early Shōwa, prewar period (1920s-1945) KW - Japan: Politics and law -- history -- Gendai (1926- ), Shōwa period, 20th century KW - Japan: Economy and industry -- history -- Gendai (1926- ), Shōwa period, 20th century KW - Government policy KW - -History KW - -Japan: History -- Kindai, modern -- Taishō period (1912-1926) KW - -J3375 KW - -Japan KW - Conditions économiques KW - Politique économique KW - Sécurité nationale KW - Economic policy. KW - National security. KW - National security - Japan KW - Japan - Economic conditions - 1918-1945 KW - Japan - History - 1912-1945 KW - Japan - Economic policy UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:5096312 AB - The roots of Japan's aggressive, expansionist foreign policy have often been traced to its concern over acute economic vulnerability. Michael A. Barnhart tests this assumption by examining the events leading up to World War II in the context of Japan's quest for economic security, drawing on a wide array of Japanese and American sources.Barnhart focuses on the critical years from 1938 to 1941 as he investigates the development of Japan's drive for national economic self-sufficiency and independence and the way in which this drive shaped its internal and external policies. He also explores American economic pressure on Tokyo and assesses its impact on Japan's foreign policy and domestic economy. He concludes that Japan's internal political dynamics, especially the bitter rivalry between its army and navy, played a far greater role in propelling the nation into war with the United States than did its economic condition or even pressure from Washington. Japan Prepares for Total War sheds new light on prewar Japan and confirms the opinions of those in Washington who advocated economic pressure against Japan. ER -