Japan and the League of Nations: Empire and World Order, 1914–1938 9780824863036

Japan joined the League of Nations in 1920 as a charter member and one of four permanent members of the League Council.

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Japan and the League of Nations: Empire and World Order, 1914–1938
9780824863036

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Thomas W. Burkman

Table of contents :
Contents
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Note on Japanese and Chinese Names
1. The World War I Experience
2. The Idea of a League
3. The Great Debate
4. Making the Covenant Palatable at Paris
5. The Geneva Years
6. The Japanese Face at Geneva: Nitobe Inazō and Ishii Kikujirō
7. Crisis over Manchuria
8. Japan as an Outsider
Epilogue: Internationalism and International Organization in Interwar Japan
Notes
Sources
Index
About the Author

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