Table of Contents

Foreword; Abbreviations; Part I. The Process of Alienation, 1919–41: 1. Britain and the United States in Japan's view of the international system, 1919–37 Chihiro Hosoya; 2. Japan in Britain's view of the international system, 1919–37 Ian Nish; 3. Britain and the United States in Japan's view of the international system, 1937–41 Chihiro Hosoya; 4. A consideration of Anglo-Japanese relations: Japanese views of Britain, 1937–41 Katsumi Usui, Postscript: Anglo-Japanese attitudes, 1940–1 Nobutoshi Hagihara; 5. Britain and the opening of the war in Asia, 1937–41 Peter Lowe; Part II. The War Years, 1941–5: 6. Japanese strategy and the Pacific War, 1941–5 Kiyoshi Ikeda; 7. Military policy-makers behind Japanese strategy against Britain Minoru Nomura; 8. British strategy and the far eastern war, 1941–5 Henry Probert; 9. Wartime Japanese planning for post-war Asia Akira Iriye; 10. Wartime British planning for the post-war far east Christopher Thorne; Part III. Aftermath and Conclusions: 11. From bitter enmity to cold partnership: Japanese views of the United Kingdom, 1945–52 Akio Watanabe; 12. Britain's view of post-war Japan, 1945–9 Gordon Daniels; 13. Some reflections on the conference from the Japanese side Chihiro Hosoya; 14. Work completed and work as yet unborn: some reflections on the conference from the British side Donald Cameron Watt; Index.

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Focuses on British and Japanese views of the events leading up to, during and immediately after the Second World War.