Japanese intervention in Siberia, 1918-1922
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Japanese intervention in Siberia, 1918-1922
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The fifty months of Japanese intervention in Siberia encapsulated the existential crisis that overtook Japan at the end of the First World War.
Political elites and military officers, intellectuals and military families in small garrisons all saw the intervention as a test of whether Japan could find its place in the postwar world order. At home and abroad, Japan's actions in Siberia were seen as proof of the nation's ability to keep pace with the times, a time of triumph for constitutional democracy and Wilsonian internationalism. The nature of the intervention itself reflects the process of struggle for responsible government decision-making and public control over the army's actions, for a revision of Japanese continental policy, and for the opportunity for millions of ordinary Japanese to be heard by their leaders. The book attempts to analyze the domestic politics, military operations, and international relations of the intervention period, drawing on a wide range of contemporary views and providing detailed coverage of public reaction and debate in the metropolitan and provincial press.
Political elites and military officers, intellectuals and military families in small garrisons all saw the intervention as a test of whether Japan could find its place in the postwar world order. At home and abroad, Japan's actions in Siberia were seen as proof of the nation's ability to keep pace with the times, a time of triumph for constitutional democracy and Wilsonian internationalism. The nature of the intervention itself reflects the process of struggle for responsible government decision-making and public control over the army's actions, for a revision of Japanese continental policy, and for the opportunity for millions of ordinary Japanese to be heard by their leaders. The book attempts to analyze the domestic politics, military operations, and international relations of the intervention period, drawing on a wide range of contemporary views and providing detailed coverage of public reaction and debate in the metropolitan and provincial press.
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