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-mil

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-mil

Sub-titled Admiral Kato Kanji and the 'Washington System', this volume offers a new, critical appraisal of one of Japan's most influential pre-war naval minds a

The story of the bitter political struggles within a factionalized military elite, released in the 1920's from the constraints of the informal but unified syste