Japanese-German Relations, 1895-1945: War, Diplomacy and Public Opinion

ISBN-13: 9780415342483 / Angielski / Twarda / 2006 / 240 str.

Christian W. Spang; Rolf-Harald Wippich

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"Japanese-German Relations, 1895-1945" provides an original and stimulating interpretation of Japanese/German history and international diplomacy. It provides a greater understanding of many of the most important aspects of the bilateral relations between Japan and Germany during the crucial half-century between the end of the Sino-Japanese War in 1895 and the parallel defeat of Germany and Japan in 1945. Written by a team of Japanese and German scholars, this book will be of huge interest to those studying the modern history of Japan and Germany, comparative and world history, international relations and political science alike.
RoutledgeCurzon Studies in the Modern History of Asia

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Introduction: From ‘German Measles’ to ‘Honorary Aryans’: An overview of German-Japanese relations until 1945  Part 1: Military Background  1. The Imperial Japanese Army and Germany  2. Naval Relations between Japan and Germany from the Late Nineteenth Century until the End of World War II  Part 2: Mutual Perceptions  3. Japan-Enthusiasm in Wilhelmine Germany: The case of the Sino--Japanese War, 1894-5  4. The ‘Yellow Peril’ and Its Influence on German-Japanese Relations  5. Exoticism in Early Twentieth Century German Literature on Japan  Part 3: Culture and Science  6. Personal Contacts in German-Japanese Cultural Relations during the 1920s and Early 1930s  7. Karl Haushofer Re-examined: Geopolitics as a factor of German-Japanese rapprochement in the inter-war years?  Part 4: Rapprochement and War  8. The Berlin-Tokyo Axis Reconsidered: From the anti-comintern pact to the plot to assassinate Stalin  9. The German Nazi Party: A model for Japan’s ‘New Order’ 1940-1?  10. German-Japanese Collaboration in the Development of Bacteriological and Chemical Weapons and the War in China