Includes bibliographical references (p. [253]-256) and index.
Contents:
Introduction : the seeds of war -- American perceptions of Japan : liberal modernity or feudal militarism -- Japanese response to Orientalism -- War talk and John Dewey : tensions concerning China -- The Washington Conference, the Kanto Earthquake and Japanese public opinion : victories for liberals? -- Immigration exclusion -- The liberal challenge : responses to immigration exclusion -- New emperor, new tensions in Manchuria -- "Oriental" duplicity or progress and order : the Manchurian incident -- "America is very difficult to get along with" : anti-Americanism, Japanese militarism, and spying, 1934-1937 -- "A certain presentiment of fatal danger" : the Sino-Japanese War and U.S-Japanese relations, 1937-1939 -- The march to war -- Epilogue : impact on the postwar world.
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