HIST 371 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Cordell Hull, Total War, Firebombing
17 Dec 2015
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Neither side ready to compromise on troop withdrawal. Japanese perspective: suspicions that us demanding country return to pre-1931 status quo and abandon manchuria. Political, economic and strategic behaviors make this unacceptable. Japanese terms: withdrawal of own terms: withdrawal within 2 years of end of sino-japanese conflict, right to station troops for 25 years in areas of north china. Hull note: us response to japanese terms. Contents= nothing news: named after american secretary of state cordell hull, withdrawal of troops from china and southeast asia, respect for open dorr policy, no demand for response/no time limit on responding/no threat for noncompliance. Authorities captive to their own total war mobilization effect. Pearl harbour: delayed notice of end of negotiations. 1 december 1941: 8th imperial conference convened and plan to go to war against u. s. ratified. Set date: 8 december (7 in u. s. ) Foreign ministry insists on formal declaration of war before commencement of hostilities.
