The Military Dimension

The five volumes in the series entitled The History of Anglo-Japanese Relations, 1600-2000 explore the history of the relationship between Britain and Japan from the first contacts of the early 1600s through to the end of the twentieth century. This volume presents 19 original essays by Japanese, British and other international historians and covers the evolving military relationship from the 19th century through to the end of the 20th century. The main focus is on the interwar period when both military establishments shifted from collaboration to conflict, as well as wartime issues such as the treatment of POWs seen from both sides, the Occupation of Japan and war crimes trials.

Auteur

IAN T.M. GOW is Professor of Asian Studies and Dean of Nottingham University Business School and an authority on Japanese naval history and defence policy.

YOICHI HIRAMA is a retired Admiral and an ex-professor of Military History at the National Defence Academy, Japan.

JOHN CHAPMAN is senior research fellow in the Centre for War Studies, University of Glasgow.

Contenu

Foreword; Y.Hirama Preface PART 1 : FROM PUPILS TO PARTNERS Days of Seclusion; A.H.Ion Anglo-Japanese Military Relations, 1800-1900; M.Asakawa The Royal Navy and Japan, 1900-1920: strategic re-evaluation of the IJN; I.T.M.Gow The Anglo-Japanese Alliance and the First World War I; Y.Hirama Britain, Japan and 'The Higher Realms of Intelligence', 1900-1917; J.W.M.Chapman PART 2: FROM ALLIES TO ANTAGONISTS Double-Edged Estimates: Japan in the Eyes of the British Army and the Royal Air Force; J.Ferris The Royal Navy and Japan, 1921-1941; I.T.M.Gow Britain and Japan and Inter-war Naval Limitation 1921-1936; T.Kuramatsu The Path Towards an 'Anti-British' Strategy by the Japanese Navy between the Wars; Y.Aizawa Britain, Japan and the 'Higher Realms of Intelligence', 1918-1945; J.W.M.Chapman PART 3: FROM FOES TO FRIENDS The Imperial Army turns South: the IJA's preparation for War Against Britain 1940-41; H.Tohmatsu Ground of Our Choosing: The Anglo-Japanese War in Asia, 1941-45; J.Ferris The Anglo-Japanese War and Japan's plan to 'liberate' Asia 1941-1945; S.Hatano The Royal Navy's Evaluation of the Strategy and Technology of the Imperial Japanese Navy, 1941-1945; P.Charrier British Policymakers and the Prisoner of War Issue: Perceptions and Responses; S.J.Flower Changes in Perception: British Civil and Military Perspectives on War Crimes Trials and their Legal Context, 1942-1956; R.J.Pritchard the Japanese Military's Attitude toward International Law and the Treatment of Prisoners of War; Y.Kita The British Commonwealth Occupation Forces in Japan and Its Association with the Japanese; T.Chida The Anglo-Japanese Relationship after World War II; Y.Imaizumi