BRITAIN, JAPAN AND PEARL HARBOUR by Antony Best ( 9780415111713 )

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Title:

BRITAIN, JAPAN AND PEARL HARBOUR
AVOIDING WAR IN EAST ASIA, 1936-1941

By:

Antony Best

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Hardback

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0415111714

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Publisher:

TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD

Pub. date:

29 June, 1995

Pages:

276

Description:

An authoritative account of British efforts to avert a conflict with Japan. Using recently released material the author shows how the need to appease American opinion hamstrung Britain's ability to achieve an understanding with Japan.

Synopsis:

Recent controversies about Pearl Harbour have highlighted the need for a new assessment of British policy towards Japan during the period leading up to the Pacific War. Britain, Japan and Pearl Harbour provides a thorough and authoritative account of British efforts to avert conflict with Japan, and makes use of the most recently released material from British archives, including information from intelligence sources. This is the most comprehensive study so far of British policy towards East Asia in this period. It illustrates the extent of British weakness in the region and the degree to which the constant need to appease American opinion hamstrung Britain's ability to achieve an understanding with Japan.

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Routledge

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