World War I and the Triumph of a New Japan, 1919–1930 (Studies in the Social and Cultural History of Modern Warfare, Series Number 39)

Frederick R. Dickinson illuminates a new, integrative history of interwar Japan that highlights the transformative effects of the Great War far from the Western Front. World War I and the Triumph of a New Japan, 1919-1930 reveals how Japan embarked upon a decade of national reconstruction following the Paris Peace Conference, rivalling the monumental rebuilding efforts in post-Versailles Europe. Taking World War I as his anchor, Dickinson examines the structural foundations of a new Japan, discussing the country's wholehearted participation in new post-war projects of democracy, internationalism, disarmament and peace. Dickinson proposes that Japan's renewed drive for military expansion in the 1930s marked less a failure of Japan's interwar culture than the start of a tumultuous domestic debate over the most desirable shape of Japan's twentieth-century world. This stimulating study will engage students and researchers alike, offering a unique, global perspective of interwar Japan. A fascinating new, integrative history of interwar Japan that highlights the wide-ranging impact of the Great War far from the Western Front. Adopting a global context, this book reveals how Japan participated wholeheartedly in new post-war projects of democracy, internationalism, disarmament and peace, shaping Japan's twentieth-century world. World War I As Anchor -- Structural Foundations Of A New Japan -- Internationalism -- Democracy -- Disarmament -- World Power -- Culture Of Peace -- Hamaguchi Osachi And The Triumph Of The New Japan. Frederick R. Dickinson. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. New, integrative history of interwar Japan, highlighting the transformative effects of the Great War far from the Western Front