Professor Iriye analyses the origins of the 1941 conflict against the background of international relations in the preceding decade in order to answer the key q

"A sweeping epic.… Promises to do for the war in the Pacific what Rick Atkinson did for Europe." —James M. Scott, author of Rampage In 1937, the swath of th

From December 1941, Japan, as part of its plan to build an East Asian empire and secure oil supplies essential for war in the Pacific, swiftly took control of S

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This analysis of the origins of major wars, since the development of the modern state system in Europe centuries ago, also considers the problems involved in pr