CAS PO 350 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Japanese Militarism, Meiji Restoration, Key-Agreement Protocol
25 Nov 2017
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(#9)2/8 lecture: japan"s militarization, pacific war, and us occupation. Why rising powers appear assertive, revisionist, and militarist. Emperor appoints executive branch officials, some administrators with elected positions. Checks and balances leaned toward power in the hands of the prime minister and the. Reliant on overseas markets, not many resources for its own. Import/export deficit favored imports, argument that japan grew too quickly. Over time exported finished goods but imported necessary raw materials. Wwi paris peace conference, and versailles treaty. Japan received chinese territory and international credit, but that credit was only to the extent that global racism allowed. Meant to calm the arms race prior to wwii. Discussed which powers were allowed to arm up to what degree. Terrorism, tension (against immigrants), assassinations (prime minister) and attempts. Rise of kwang tung army in northeast asia. 1938: old uk alliance replaced with germany and italy. Low key agreement to partition the world. Us island hopping strategy effective, choked the japanese islands.
