Shadow over Asia

About this eBook

Author

Bisson, T. A. (Thomas Arthur), 1900-1979

Title

Shadow over Asia : The rise of militant Japan

Original Publication

New York: The Foreign Policy Association, 1941.

Credits

Aaron Adrignola, Tim Lindell, Craig Kirkwood, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This book was produced from images made available by the HathiTrust Digital Library.)

Language

English

LoC Class

DS: History: General and Eastern Hemisphere: Asia

Subject

Japan -- Foreign relations

Category

Text

Project Gutenberg

eBook-No. 78440

Release Date

April 13, 2026

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.Untitled
2. 2.Untitled
3. 3.Untitled
4. 4.Untitled
5. 5.SHADOW OVER ASIA
6. 6.Untitled
7. 7.CONTENTS
8. 8.Untitled
9. 9.I. The Shadow — TEN YEARS AGO AND NOW — TOWARD A “NEW ORDER” — WHAT IS “GREATER EAST ASIA”? — A COLONIAL REGION — JAPAN PULLS THE STRINGS
10. 10.II. Introducing Imperial Japan — JAPAN AND THE ASIATIC MAINLAND — JAPAN’S ISLAND HOME — WHO ARE THE JAPANESE? — EARLY JAPANESE INSTITUTIONS — “THE WAY OF THE GODS” — BEGINNINGS OF A NATION-STATE — CONQUESTS IN KOREA — THE OLD ORDER BREAKS DOWN
11. 11.III. Imitating the Chinese — CHINA BECOMES THE “GLASS OF FASHION” — BUT IT’S CHINA—“WITH A DIFFERENCE” — THE ARISTOCRAT’S PLACE IN THE SUN — THE POWER BEHIND THE THRONE
12. 12.IV. Japan Bars Her Door — REACHING OUTWARD — JAPAN SENDS ENVOYS TO SPAIN — BUT FINALLY PULLS IN HER LINES — THE DUTCH OASIS ON DESHIMA — FOUR CLASSES OF SOCIETY — THE SHOGUNS FAIL TO CONTROL THE MERCHANTS — AND FACE A RISING REVOLT
13. 13.V. How the Door Was Opened — A PERIOD OF TRANSITION — THE “UNEQUAL” TREATIES — COMMODORE PERRY BRINGS A LETTER — THE INTERNAL STRUGGLE IN JAPAN — SUPPORTERS OF THE EMPEROR — THE ROLE OF THE WESTERN CLANS — THE RESTORATION
14. 14.VI. Catching up with the West — TACKLING THE PROBLEM — THREE NEW TRENDS — ABOLITION OF FEUDAL RIGHTS — LORDS INTO CAPITALISTS — THE LOT OF THE SAMURAI — HARD TIMES FOR THE PEASANTS — INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT — NURSING INFANT INDUSTRIES
15. 15.VII. Who Rules Modern Japan? — HAND IN GLOVE — CONSERVATIVES VS. LIBERALS — THE LIBERALS LOSE — A GIFT OF THE EMPEROR — THE EMPEROR MUST BE “CONSTITUTIONAL” — NON-POPULAR AGENCIES OF GOVERNMENT — THE PEOPLE’S REPRESENTATIVES
16. 16.VIII. Creating a Modern Empire — JAPAN LOOKS ABROAD — FIGHTING THE UNEQUAL TREATIES — WAR WITH CHINA — THUS FAR AND NO FARTHER — WAR WITH RUSSIA — END OF THE MEIJI ERA
17. 17.IX. Japan and the First World War — MAKING HAY WHILE THE SUN SHINES — THE SECRET TREATIES OF 1917 — FLIES IN THE OINTMENT — SLOWING DOWN JAPAN’S DRIVE — WORLD WAR GAINS — THE WAR BOOM
18. 18.X. Go Liberal, Go Fascist? — UPS AND DOWNS — BIG BUSINESS TO THE FORE — BUT INDUSTRY DEPENDS ON FOREIGN TRADE — THE LIBERALS TAKE A HAND — POLITICAL PARTIES — SWAN SONG OF THE JAPANESE LIBERALS — THE DEPRESSION STRIKES JAPAN — THE ARMY STRIKES IN MANCHURIA
19. 19.XI. The Shadow Deepens — THE ARMY EXTREMISTS — THE DEMAND FOR “LIVING SPACE” — WEIGHTING THE SCALES — AGAINST THE ARMY? — THE EXTREMISTS TAKE DIRECT ACTION — CONQUEST IN MANCHURIA — PEACEFUL INTERLUDE (1933-35) — KEEPING THE ARMY QUIET — DYING FLICKERS OF DEMOCRACY — THE “2-26” UPRISING — PRELUDE TO WAR (1936-37) — THE PEOPLE VS. THE MILITARY
20. 20.XII. War with China — VICTORIES WITHOUT PEACE — MAKING THE PUBLIC TOE THE LINE — THE ARMY WINS A FREE HAND IN CHINA — THE ECONOMIC WAR MACHINE — THE MEN AT THE CONTROLS — STALEMATE IN CHINA — STEPPING ON WESTERN TOES — THREE JAPANESE WAR CABINETS — HIRANUMA AND THE NAZI-SOVIET PACT — ABE AND THE PRICE OF RICE — YONAI TRAILS TOO FAR BEHIND NAZI PUSH
21. 21.XIII. Shadow Over Asia — A HARD ROW TO HOE — THE HOME FRONT — A HORSE TRADE — EXPANSION OR DEFEAT?
22. 22.SUGGESTED READING
23. 23.Untitled
24. 24.Transcriber’s Notes:

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