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Rise & Fall of Imperial Japan
Nearly a century of Japanese Imperial rule
from the 1868 Meiji Restoration to the end of WWII, is explored in this sweeping history.
Under Emperor Meiji's rule
Imperial Japan established itself as a world power through rapid industrialization and militarization.
Aligned with the Entente Powers during the First World War
Japan made a proposal for racial equality at the 1919 Paris Peace Conference—only to be overruled by American President Woodrow Wilson.
In the 1920s
the empire began its military conquest of numerous countries and islands throughout Asia and the Pacific regions.
Author Stephen Wynn
examines Japan's various military conflicts and colonial efforts, including its invasion of China that coincided with the Second World War.
The book culminates with
the atomic bombs dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, which finally brought about Japan's surrender and the end of the war in Asia and the Pacific.
