| British Intelligence and the Japanese Challenge in Asia, 1914-1941 2002 Edition Contributor(s): Best, A. (Author) |
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ISBN: 1349425982 ISBN-13: 9781349425983 Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan OUR PRICE: $113.99 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: July 2002 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | Historiography - History | Europe - Great Britain - General - History | Asia - General |
| Dewey: 327 |
| Series: Studies in Military and Strategic History |
| Physical Information: 0.6" H x 5.5" W x 8.5" (0.73 lbs) 269 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Asian - Cultural Region - British Isles - Chronological Period - Modern |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This is the first full-length study of the role played by British Intelligence in influencing policy towards Japan from the decline of the Alliance to the outbreak of the Pacific War. Using many previously classified records it describes how the image of Japan generated by Intelligence during this period led Britain to underestimate Japanese military capabilities in 1941. The book shows how this image was derived from a lack of adequate intelligence resources and racially driven assumptions about Japanese national characteristics. |