{"product_id":"imperial-eclipse-9780801451805","title":"Imperial Eclipse","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Pacific War narrative of Japan''s defeat that was established after 1945 started with the attack on Pearl Harbor, detailed the U.S. island-hopping campaigns across the Western Pacific, and culminated in the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Japan''s capitulation, and its recasting as the western shore of an American ocean. But in the decades leading up to World War II and over the course of the conflict, Japan's leaders and citizens were as deeply concerned about continental Asiaand the Soviet Union, in particularas they were about the Pacific theater and the United States. In\u003ci\u003e Imperial Eclipse\u003c\/i\u003e, Yukiko Koshiro reassesses the role that Eurasia played in Japan's diplomatic and military thinking from the turn of the twentieth century to the end of the war.Through unprecedented archival research, Koshiro has located documents and reports expunged from the files of the Japanese Cabinet, ministries of Foreign Affairs and War, and Imperial Headquarters, allowing her to r\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e...\u003ci\u003eImperial Eclipse\u003c\/i\u003e presents a bold interpretation of Japanese strategic thinking prior to the conclusion of World War II and is a book that should be read by any scholar interested in Japanese military history and foreign policy. Most importantly, this book provides us with an image of what Japan as a 'normal nation' could look like at a time when Japanese foreign policy is at a major turning point.\u003c\/p\u003e -- Reo Matsuzaki * The Journal of Northeast Asian History *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"I highly recommended Imperial Eclipse to all serious students of World War II. Its use of Japanese sources is exemplary and helps remedy a conspicuous shortage of works focused on Japanese decision-making and the diverse perspectives present in its military and political leadership. Instructors teaching classes on the war in Asiathe end of WWIIand the beginning of the Cold War will also find this book important for its insight into the neglected Japanese view of events in Asia. \"—Tyler Bramford\u003c\/p\u003e * H-War *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn Imperial Eclipse Yukiko Koshiro attempts to change the interpretative axis on which historians and the wider public have understood the end of World War II and the postwar world that it helped create. The effort requires a good deal of confidence, not only because of the enormous scope of the undertaking, but also because the attempt asserts that historical scholarship, past and present, has got it basically wrong. Koshiro attempts to provide a broader base for her conclusions and in this she contributes to the attempt to revitalise the old diplomatic history into its new incarnation as international history. This merging of social history with political-diplomatic is one of this study's most creative and engaging features.\u003c\/p\u003e -- Michael Lewis * Asian Studies Review *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eIntroduction. The World of Japan's Eurasian-Pacific War\u003cb\u003ePart I. The Place of Russia in Prewar Japan\u003c\/b\u003e1. Communist Ideology and Alliance with the Soviet Union\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eAllures of Utopia\u003cbr\u003e The Soviet Union as Radical Hope\u003cbr\u003e Alliance with the Soviet Union\u003c\/i\u003e2. Culture and Race: Russians in the Japanese Empire\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eAmericans in Japan: The Most Isolated\u003cbr\u003e Russians in Japan: The Blue-eyed Neighbors\u003cbr\u003e Russians in Japan's Pan-Asianism\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart II. Future of East Asia after the Japanese Empire\u003c\/b\u003e3. Mao's Communist Revolution: Who Will Rule China?\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eJapan's China Studies and the CCP\u003cbr\u003e Japanese Military Appraisal of CCP Propaganda\u003cbr\u003e Moscow-Yan'an Dissonance\u003cbr\u003e Toward the Recognition of Yan’an\u003c\/i\u003e4. International Rivalry over Divided Korea: Who to Replace Japan?\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eEarly War Years: Assessing Communist Influences from Abroad\u003cbr\u003e Understanding International Ambitions for Korea: The View from 1944\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart III. Ending the War and Beyond\u003c\/b\u003e5. Cold War Rising: Observing US-Soviet Dissonance\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eDiplomatic Charades with the Soviet Union\u003cbr\u003e Japanese Peace Feelers and the United States\u003cbr\u003e Moscow-Washington Dissonance and Competing Visions for a Postwar World\u003cbr\u003e China Intrigue\u003c\/i\u003e6. Military Showdown: Ending the War Without Two-Front Battles\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eThe Improbability of Two-Front Attacks\u003cbr\u003e Korean Gambit\u003c\/i\u003e7. Japan’s Surrender: Views of the Nation\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eFrom \"Mokusatsu\" to Surrender: The Final Twenty Days of Japan’s War\u003cbr\u003e Soviet Entry into the War and the American Use of the Atomic Bombs\u003cbr\u003e Collapse of Japan’s Continental Empire\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart IV. Inventing Japan’s War: Eurasian Eclipse\u003c\/b\u003e8. Memories and Narratives of Japan’s War\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eViews of the War’s End and Beyond\u003cbr\u003e Writing a History of Japan’s War\u003c\/i\u003eEpilogue. Toward a New Understanding of Japan’s Eurasian-Pacific War\u003ci\u003eAppendix\u003cbr\u003e Index\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Cornell University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49405138633047,"sku":"9780801451805","price":37.8,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780801451805.jpg?v=1730488845","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/imperial-eclipse-9780801451805","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}