TY - BOOK ID - 78139922 TI - Military intervention in pre-war Japanese politics PY - 2004 SN - 0203691644 1135795924 1280052635 9786610052639 0203641795 9780203641798 9781135795917 1135795916 9780700713158 9781135795870 9781135795924 9780415650151 1850756155 PB - Richmond Curzon DB - UniCat KW - Admirals KW - Kanji, Kato. KW - Japan KW - History, Naval. KW - Politics and government UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:78139922 AB - This is a study of the impact of inter-war naval arms control policy-making on the domestic politics of Japan, especially the areas of civil-military, inter-military (Army/Navy) and especially intra-military (Navy) relations and on the professional and political career of one leading naval figure, Admiral Kato Kanji (1873-1939). In this re-appraisal of Kato's career, the author challenges the conventional and negative interpretation of both Kato's role in the naval politics and factions within the Imperial Navy, utilizing Kato's involvement in the domestic political debate as a focal device fo ER -