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 question: Why did Japan, which had not been able to defeat the isolated and divided forces of China, decide to go to war against so formidable a combination of powers?
Über den Autor Akira Iriye
Akira Iriye is Charles Warren Professor of History (Emeritus), Harvard University, USA. He has written extensively on the interaction between Asia and the United States and is an authoritative voice in the field. He is the recipient of the Yoshino Sakuzô Prize.