Japan and Germany in the Modern World

Informationen zum Autor Bernd Martin is Professor of History at the University of Freiburg. Klappentext First study of the fascinating parallelism that characterizes developments in Japan and Germany by one of Germany's leading Japan specialists. With the founding of their respective national states, the Meiji Empire in 1869 and the German Reich in 1871, Japan and Germany entered world politics. Since then both countries have developed in strikingly similar ways, and it is not surprising that these two became close allies during the Second World War, although in the end this proved a "fatal attraction." Zusammenfassung First study of the fascinating parallelism that characterizes developments in Japan and Germany by one of Germany's leading Japan specialists. With the founding of their respective national states! the Meiji Empire in 1869 and the German Reich in 1871! Japan and Germany entered world politics. Since then both countries have developed in strikingly similar ways! and it is not surprising that these two became close allies during the Second World War! although in the end this proved a "fatal attraction." Inhaltsverzeichnis Acknowledgements Chapter 1. Fatal Affinities: the German Role in the Modernization of Japan in the Early Meiji Period (1868-1895) and its Aftermath Chapter 2. Japan during the World Economic Crisis: Big Business and Social Unrest Chapter 3. Three Forms of Fascism: Japan - Italy - Germany Chapter 4. Germany and Pearl Harbor Chapter 5. The German Japanese Alliance in the Second World War Chapter 6. The Pacific War and the Twentieth Century Bibliography Index

Product details

• Authors: Bernd Martin, Martin Bernd
• Publisher: BERGHAHN BOOKS, INC
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.12.2005
• EAN: 9781845450472
• ISBN: 978-1-84545-047-2
• No. of pages: 330
• Dimensions: 140 mm x 210 mm x 19 mm
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; Japan, Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900, HISTORY / Europe / Germany, Germany, 20th Century, 20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000, HISTORY / Asia / Japan, c 1800 to c 1900, 19th century, c 1800 to c 1899, 20th century, c 1900 to c 1999, 18th century, c 1700 to c 1799, Asian History, History: 18th/19th Century, History: 20th Century to Present