Format:
1 online resource (297 pages)
ISBN:
9780804767385
Content:
This book examines how Japan's naval leaders worked at both the elite political and local levels in society to secure the vast financial support necessary to assemble the world's third-largest naval force between 1868 and 1922.
Content:
Intro -- Acknowledgments -- Contents -- Tables and Figures -- Introduction -- 1 Maritime Dreams, Meiji Realities, 1868-1878 -- 2 Parochialism and Empire -- 3 Political Baptism by Fire -- 4 The Rich Rewards and Rivalry of War, 1894-1904 -- 5 War, Pageantry, and Propaganda in the Service of Naval Expansion, 1905-1910 -- 6 Coercion, Pragmatism, and Interservice Rivalry -- 7 The Rise and Fall of Navy Political Fortunes, 1913-1914 -- 8 Opportunism, Expansion, and Limitation -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.
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Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780804749770
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe ISBN 9780804749770
Language:
English
URL:
https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/kxp/detail.action?docID=3037503
