The Military Dimension

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xii

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2. From Pupils to Partners

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1

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   2. Days of Seclusion

      • A. Hamish Ion

      Pages 3-12

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   3. Anglo-Japanese Military Relations, 1800–1900

      • Michio Asakawa

      Pages 13-34

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   4. The Royal Navy and Japan, 1900–1920: Strategic Re-evaluation of the IJN

      • Ian T. M. Gow

      Pages 35-50

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   5. The Anglo-Japanese Alliance and the First World War

      • Yoichi Hirama

      Pages 51-70

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   6. Britain, Japan and the ‘Higher Realms of Intelligence’, 1900–1918

      • John W. M. Chapman

      Pages 71-87

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3. From Allies to Antagonists

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 89-89

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   2. Double-Edged Estimates: Japan in the Eyes of the British Army and the Royal Air Force, 1900–1939

      • John Ferris

      Pages 91-108

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   3. The Royal Navy and Japan, 1921–1941

      • Ian T. M. Gow

      Pages 109-126

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   4. Britain, Japan and Inter-War Naval Limitation, 1921–1936

      • Tadashi Kuramatsu

      Pages 127-138

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   5. The Path Towards an ‘Anti-British’ Strategy by the Japanese Navy between the Wars

      • Yoshio Aizawa

      Pages 139-150

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   6. Britain, Japan and the ‘Higher Realms of Intelligence’, 1918–1945

      • John W. M. Chapman

      Pages 151-172

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4. From Foes to Friends

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 173-173

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   2. The Imperial Army Turns South: the IJA’s Preparation for War against Britain, 1940–1941

      • Haruo Tohmatsu

      Pages 175-185

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   3. ‘Ground of Our Own Choosing’: the Anglo-Japanese War in Asia, 1941–1945

      • John Ferris

      Pages 186-201

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   4. The Anglo-Japanese War and Japan’s Plan to ‘Liberate’ Asia, 1941–1945

      • Sumio Hatano

      Pages 202-221

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   5. British Assessments of Japanese Naval Tactics and Strategy, 1941–1945

      • Philip Charrier

      Pages 222-231

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   6. British Policymakers and the Prisoner-of-War Issue: Perceptions and Responses

      • Sybilla Flower

      Pages 232-241

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   7. Changes in Perception: British Civil and Military Perspectives on War Crimes Trials and Their Legal Context, 1942–1956

      • R. John Pritchard

      Pages 242-254

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The five volumes in the series entitled The History of Anglo-Japanese Relations, 1600-2000 explore the history of the relationship between Britain and Japan from the first contacts of the early 1600s through to the end of the twentieth century. This volume presents 19 original essays by Japanese, British and other international historians and covers the evolving military relationship from the 19th century through to the end of the 20th century. The main focus is on the interwar period when both military establishments shifted from collaboration to conflict, as well as wartime issues such as the treatment of POWs seen from both sides, the Occupation of Japan and war crimes trials.

• Japan
• World War I
• World War II

• University of Nottingham, UK

  Ian Gow

• Japanese Self-Defence Forces, Japan

  Yoichi Hirama

• Scottish Centre for War Studies University of Glasgow, UK

  John Chapman

IAN T.M. GOW is Professor of Asian Studies and Dean of Nottingham University Business School and an authority on Japanese naval history and defence policy.

YOICHI HIRAMA is a retired Admiral and an ex-professor of Military History at the National Defence Academy, Japan.

JOHN CHAPMAN is senior research fellow in the Centre for War Studies, University of Glasgow.

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