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Japan's First Strike

By Sofia Nowak

Japan's First Strike

By Sofia Nowak

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In a single night a railway blast barely bent the steel-and yet it opened an era. This book tells how a minor "incident" became a doctrine, how a puppet state became a model, and how the world learned to rationalise looking away. It follows the threads from Manchuria 1931 and the Mukden Incident through the invention of Manchukuo, the swagger of the Kwantung Army, and the committees that promised order while delivering delay-the League of Nations failure distilled. Along the way, it shows why doctrines like the Stimson Doctrine sounded firm but changed little, and how the slow march on the road to Pearl Harbor began with stories people wanted to believe.This is for readers who suspect that headlines repeat because the playbook repeats. It will appeal to those interested in Japanese ultranationalism, diplomatic evasions, and the operational mechanics that turn slogans into sovereignty. You will come away with a clear framework to spot staged crises, deniability games, and the tactics that precede open war-insights drawn from the Lytton Commission papers to the shipping logs of the Asia Pacific war origins.- What actually deters an aggressor-and what merely buys them time- How economic shock, propaganda, and legal formalism combine to normalise conquest- Why small, early actions beat grand, late gesturesIf you want rigor without jargon-and a way to read the present with sharper eyes-this narrative equips you to recognise the next Manchuria before it hardens into fate.
Product details
Number of Pages:
162
Release Date:
2025-11-05
Publication Date:
2025-11-05
Publisher:
VIJ Books
Languages:
Original: English
ISBN10:
9390349443
ISBN13:
9789390349449
Weight:
395 g
Height:
157 cm
Width:
235 cm
Thickness:
14 cm
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