Making Waves : Politics, Propaganda, and the Emergence of the Imperial Japanese Navy, 1868-1922.
Material type:
- text
- computer
- online resource
- 9780804767385
- VA653
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.
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.
Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
There are no comments on this title.