ABCD powers, 131, 134, 138, 140, 141, 148–52, 158, 162, 164, 166, 168, 170 172, 173–4, 176–81
entente, 135, 137–8, 159, 163, 176, 179, 181
ABD powers, 148, 150, 152–3, 159–62, 170, 172, 174, 181–2
Acheson, Dean, 150
America see United States
Amō statement (‘Asian Monroe doctrine’), 22
Araki Sadao, 32
Arita Hachirō, 34, 37, 67–70, 73, 76–8, 89, 100, 102–3
Arsene-Henry, Charles, 132
Asakawa Kan’ichi, 184
Asian–Pacific region, 1–2, 4, 8, 19, 20, 24, 30, 34–5, 41, 50, 53–4, 57, 64–5, 75, 94, 99, 104, 108, 114, 123, 128, 134, 138, 168, 179, 181, 185
Atlantic conference (Argentia Bay, Newfoundland), 152, 157, 159
Australia, 97, 103, 107, 116, 159
Austria, 16, 49–50, 55, 61, 65
Axis (alliance, powers, etc.), 35, 51, 76, 107–8, 113–19, 121, 124–5, 128, 130, 133–5, 137–8, 141–2, 146, 153–7, 163, 169, 172, 175, 179
Baldwin, Stanley, 26
Ballantine, Joseph, 178
Barbarossa, 129–30; see also German-Russian War
Berlin see Germany
Bismarck islands, 126
Boxer protocol (1901), 33
Britain, 1–5, 12–13, 17–19, 23, 31–2, 34–6, 38, 42, 44, 47, 49–57, 60, 62–5, 69–80, 83–7, 89, 94–111, 113–23, 125–9, 131–8, 140–5, 148, 150–6, 159–63, 168–9, 171–3, 176, 178–82, 185; see also ABCD powers and ABD powers
British colonies, 170
British Commonwealth, 97, 100, 113, 171, 179
Burma, 97, 100, 103, 110, 145, 151, 171
Burma road, 101, 110, 118, 121
Canton, 36, 58, 60, 67, 70–71, 90
Caribbean, 101
Celebes, 102
Chamberlain, Neville, 26, 54–5, 62, 64, 74, 94
Changchun, 8
China, 1–5, 7–25, 27–30, 32–9, 41–53, 56–62, 64–73, 75–6, 79–81, 84–95, 97, 99, 101–2, 105–11, 113–28, 131, 133–136, 141–5, 148, 151–2, 156, 158–69, 171–81, 185; see also ABCD powers, Communists (Chinese), Nationalists (Chinese), and Chinese–Japanese War
Chinese–Eastern Railway, 13, 20, 30
Chinese–Japanese War, 1, 26, 41, 43–5, 50–4, 57–9, 62, 64–73, 75–6, 79, 84, 86–7, 89–94, 99–100, 103, 105, 107, 109, 115, 119–20, 123–6, 141, 143–4, 151, 165, 170–2, 174–5, 177, 180
Chennault, Claire, 121, 123, 148
American Volunteer Group (‘Flying Tigers’), 121, 179
Cherry Blossom Society, 7
Chiang Kai-shek, 4, 11, 18, 21, 24–5, 35–6, 42–4, 47–50, 52–4, 58–61, 71, 88–9, 92–4, 110–11, 115, 118, 121, 123–5, 137, 158–60, 163, 171, 174, 180
Chinchow, 14
Chungking, 58, 61, 67, 71–2, 84, 90–5, 100, 105–7, 110–111, 117–118, 121–5, 136–7, 141, 144, 148, 158, 170, 179
Churchill, Winston S., 96, 101, 114, 118–119, 137, 147, 152, 155, 157, 179, 181
Clausewitz, Karl von, 124
Communist International (Comintern), 3, 19, 29–31, 35–6, 4, 47, 49, 51, 59, 63, 78–9, 81, 92, 136, 180
Communists (Chinese), 10, 11, 18–19, 21, 24–5, 29–30, 32–3, 35–6, 42, 45, 46, 51, 53, 61, 67–8, 71–2, 80–1, 83, 85, 91–2, 105–6, 111, 125, 133, 144, 166, 179
Currie, Lauchlin, 136
Czechoslovakia, 49, 50, 55, 61–5, 69, 73–4, 77
Dardanelles, 96
Denmark, 95
‘destroyers for bases deal’, 108, 113
Dirksen, Herbert von, 51
Dutch East Indies, 100–3, 113, 118, 123, 126, 128, 131, 143–4, 147–8, 151–2, 156, 159, 160, 162, 168, 170, 175–6, 180–1; see also ABCD powers and ABD powers
emperor (Hirohito), 9, 20, 116, 144–5, 160–1, 169–70, 172–3, 175–6, 182–4
Estonia, 95
Ethiopia, 31, 46, 55; see also Italian–Ethiopian War
European War see World War II in Europe
Falkenhausen, Alexander von, 43
fascism (fascists), 10, 29–35, 47, 52, 55, 57, 64, 66, 84, 104–5, 109, 133, 136, 179
Fengtien see Mukden
First World War see World War I
France, 1–3, 12, 15, 17–19, 25–6, 31, 37, 44, 47, 55, 63, 65, 69, 71–8, 80, 83, 85, 87, 95–7, 99–101, 107, 117, 127, 131–2, 144–145, 185
Franco-Soviet treaty of alliance, 29
Vichy regime, 148
see also Indo-China (French)
German–Russian War, 133, 140, 142, 145, 149, 159
German–Soviet non-aggression pact, 78–81, 86, 89, 91, 106, 111, 128, 140
Germany, 3, 6, 12, 15–16, 19, 24–6, 29–31, 34–6, 41–4, 46–8, 50–6, 59, 61–6, 68–69, 72–81, 83–9, 91, 94–109, 111, 113–122, 127–30, 132–3, 135, 137–138, 140–9, 152–7, 159, 161, 166, 171–3, 175–6, 179, 182, 185; see also Axis
Gilbert, Prentis, 14
Great East Asian Co-prosperity Sphere, 131, 141, 143, 164
Grew, Joseph C., 49, 86, 88, 161
Hata Shunroku, 103
Hawaii, 98, 100, 108, 122, 151, 162, 170–171, 71, 183–4
Hiranuma Kiichirō, 73, 79, 81, 86
Hirohito see emperor (Hirohito)
Hirota Kōki, 22–3, 31–4, 37, 39, 47, 49, 59–61, 68
Hitler, Adolf, 24–6, 35, 49–50, 54–5, 62–6, 69, 73–4, 76, 95–6, 115, 129, 131, 133, 138, 140, 147, 151
Ho Ying-ch’in, 22
Hong Kong, 61, 97, 102, 122, 123, 162, 171
Honjō Shigeru, 8
Honolulu, 183
Hornbeck, Stanley K., 70
Huang Fu, 21
Hull, Cordell, 44, 47, 56, 63, 70, 117, 122, 134–8, 147, 157–8, 181, 183
Hull’s four principles, 135, 163–4, 169, 175
Hurley, Patrick J., 14
Iceland, 147
Indo-China (French), 100–3, 110, 117, 127–8, 131–2, 137, 140, 143–8, 151–2, 157, 160, 162, 175–6, 178, 180, 183
Ingersoll, Royal E., 50, 54, 94
Itagaki Seishirō, 7–8, 59, 69, 73, 79
Italian–Ethiopian War, 31, 54, 62
Italy, 2, 15, 17, 26, 31, 46–7, 51–2, 55–6, 59, 62–5, 69, 73, 79, 83–4, 93, 103, 106, 108–9, 113, 115, 120, 128, 132, 140–1, 153, 156, 161, 171, 179, 185; see also Axis
Japan, 1, 2, 4–39, 41–54, 56–73, 75–81, 83–95, 97–111, 113–38, 140–85; see also Axis and Chinese–Japanese War
army (War Ministry), 1, 4–5, 14, 32–3, 35, 37, 42, 46, 48, 52, 58, 61, 64, 67, 76, 87, 90, 92, 102, 103–4, 107–8, 117, 123, 124, 126–8, 141–2, 144–5, 150, 151–2, 157, 160–2, 164–6, 168–75, 182
Foreign Ministry, 10, 22, 34, 37, 39, 45–6, 51, 61, 64, 67, 69, 73, 77, 84, 86, 89, 123
General Staff, 8, 33, 36, 43, 58, 63, 75, 77, 90, 102, 107, 127, 131, 144, 149–50, 155, 160, 171–2
House of Peers, 38
liaison conference, 107, 163, 173, 175, 181
navy (Navy Ministry), 1, 5, 23, 35, 37, 46, 50, 64, 69, 76, 87, 104, 107–8, 123, 124, 136, 142, 150, 151–2, 157, 160–2, 164–5, 169–72, 182
Planning Board, 162
Japan–Soviet non-aggression pact, neutrality treaty, 102, 107, 128, 133–4, 136, 142, 160, 180
Johnson, Nelson T., 76, 113, 118
Juichin, Kiangsi Province, 18
Jung Ch’in, 11
Kansu Province, 84
Karelian isthmus, 95
Kaya Okinori, 173
Keynesian economic system, 6
Kobayashi Ichizō, 118
Konoe Fumimaro, 38–9, 42–3, 45, 49, 52–3, 59–61, 67–70, 73, 102–10, 114, 117, 128, 140–1, 145–8, 150, 157–66, 168–9, 178
Koo, Wellington, 159
Kuomintang see Nationalists (Chinese)
Kurusu Saburō, 181
Kwantung Army, 7–10, 14, 15, 17, 21, 77; see also Mukden incident
Lattimore, Owen, 136
Latvia, 95
Law, Richard, 159
League of Nations, 11–15, 17–24, 26–7, 30–1, 37–8, 45–7, 50
Leith-Ross, Frederick, 27, 31–4, 36
Lithuania, 95
Litvinov, Maxim, 44
London economic conference, 27
London naval disarmament conference, 5, 6, 35
Luce, Henry, 97
Malaya, 101–2, 127, 151, 162, 170, 181
Manchu dynasty, 4
Manchukuo, 17–18, 20–2, 25–6, 28, 31, 33, 45, 49, 51, 54, 62, 67, 71–2, 77–8, 93, 107, 110, 124–5, 127–8, 136, 165
Manchuria, 1, 6–21, 28–30, 32–3, 35, 37–9, 43, 59, 61, 67, 86, 90, 102, 110, 125, 128–9, 133, 136, 144–9, 163–5, 175
Manchurian incident see Mukden incident
Manchurian Youth League, 7
Maritime Province, 61
Marshall, George C., 122
Marshall islands, 126
Maryknoll priests, 134
Matsuoka Yosuke, 106–7, 113–117 127–33, 135, 137–8, 141–6, 169
Midway, 63
Minseito, 7
Inner Mongolia, 14, 21, 33, 47, 71, 84, 90, 128, 163
Mongolian People’s Republic, 133
Morgenthau, Henry, 70, 87, 117, 122
Mukden incident, 1, 8–11, 12–14, 19–20, 30, 33, 45, 46, 59, 129, 165
Munich conference, 63–6, 69, 71, 73, 89
Nagano Osami, 144, 160–1, 164, 170, 173–174, 176, 182
Nagata Tetsuzan, 33
Nanking see China
National Socialist Party (nazis), 85
Nationalists (Chinese), 3–5, 7, 11, 13, 18, 19, 21, 30, 32, 33, 36–8, 42–3, 48–9, 51–3, 58–62, 64, 67–8, 71, 81, 84, 91–4, 105, 107, 110–11, 119, 122–6, 136, 141
Nationalist Party of China (under Wang Ching-wei), 91
Nazi Germany see Germany
Netherlands (Holland), 1, 2, 76, 85, 95, 100, 102, 107, 118–19, 122–3, 126–7, 134, 148, 150–1, 153, 60, 163, 178, 180–1, 185
Niebuhr, Reinhold, 97
nine-power treaty, 2, 10, 14, 16, 18, 27, 34, 38, 42, 45–8, 79, 94, 164, 175
Nishiura Susumu, 102
Nomonhan, battle of, 77, 80, 84
Nomura Kichisaburō, 86–9, 135, 137–8, 152, 157, 163–4, 178, 181
Norris, George W., 66
Nye, Gerald P., 66
Oceana, 97
Okada Keisuke, 23
Olympic games, cancellation of, 123
Open Door policy, 16, 28, 66, 68, 70, 154, 162
Ōshima Hiroshi, 51–2, 63, 69, 129, 137
Berlin conversations, 51–2, 63, 67, 69, 73, 76–7
Ottawa agreement, 154
pact of Paris (1928), 3, 13–14, 16, 27, 38, 45
Panay, sinking of, 48–50, 52, 69
Paris see France
Pearl Harbor, 151, 170, 180, 182–3
Peking, 21, 33, 41–3, 45, 58, 91
Pétain, Henri Philippe, 101
Philippines, 27, 50, 102, 122, 126, 148, 151, 160, 162, 170, 179, 183
Poland, 74, 76–7, 80–1, 83, 85, 95
popular front, 30, 34, 44, 79, 80
Portugal, 2
Quo Tai-chi, 158
Rhineland, 31
Ribbentrop, Joachim von, 51–2, 63, 129, 133
Roosevelt, Franklin D., 19, 27–9, 34, 46–50, 54, 56, 63–4, 66, 70–1, 74, 87, 89, 93, 96–101, 108, 113–14, 117, 120–2, 134–6, 138, 147–50, 152, 155, 157–9, 161, 163, 166, 178, 181, 183–4
‘destroyers for bases deal’, 108, 113
quarantine speech (1937), 46–9, 54
University of Virginia commencement address, 96
Russo-Japanese War (1904–5), 130, 172
Sakhalin, North and South, 129–30
Satō Naotake, 17, 37–9, 60, 67
Second World War see World War II in Europe
Seeckt, Hans von, 25
Shanghai, 17–18, 43, 45, 48, 90
Shigemitsu Mamoru, 22
Shimada Shigetarō, 182
Shiratori Toshio, 51, 67, 84, 86
Siberia, 30, 32, 144, 149, 180
Silver Purchase Act, 28–9, 31, 33
Simon, John, 13
Singapore, 50, 97, 100, 102, 122–3, 133–4. 137, 148, 151, 170–1
Sinkiang, 84, 110, 124–5, 128, 175
Sino-Japanese War (1894–5), 172
Sino-Japanese War (1937–45) see Chinese–Japanese War
Soong, T. V., 24, 36, 60–1, 92
South Manchuria Railway, 8, 106
Soviet Union, 1, 13, 19, 25–30, 32, 34–6, 41–2, 44–7, 49–51, 53, 56–9, 61–7, 69–75, 77–81, 83–91, 93, 95–6, 98–9, 101–3, 105–11, 113–16, 118–21, 125–6, 128–33, 136–7, 140–150, 153–4, 159–2, 168, 170–3, 176–7, 179–85
Communist Party, 85
Red Army, 99
see also German-Russian War
Stalin, Joseph, 13, 44, 66, 78, 96, 99, 109, 119, 130–3, 138, 158
Standley, William H., 27
Stark, Harold R., 122
Stimson, Henry L., 13–16, 66, 97, 117, 122
Stresa front, 26
Sudetenland, 55
Sugiyama Gen, 59, 144–5, 160, 164, 170, 173–4, 176–7
Sung Che-yuan, 42
Switzerland, 95
Tategawa Yoshitsugu, 128
Thailand, 102, 127, 131–2, 145, 151, 160, 181
Tōgō Shigenori, 5, 52, 84, 86, 99, 128, 169, 173–6, 178, 180
Tōjō Hideki, 107, 157, 162, 164–6, 168–75, 177
Tokyo see Japan
Tydings–McDuffy Act, 27
United Nations, 38
United States, 1, 2, 4–6, 12–13, 15–19, 23–36, 42, 44, 46–50, 52–60, 62–3, 65–6, 68–81, 83–9, 93–111, 113–23, 125–9, 131–8, 140–85; see also ABCD powers and ABD powers
Army–Navy Joint Board, 63, 103
navy, Navy Department, 50, 54, 70, 98, 100, 108, 151, 162, 170, 182–4
Office of Production Management, 120
Reconstruction Finance Corporation, 28
State Department, 28, 70, 87, 149, 163, 178
Treasury Department, 27
War plans: Rainbow plans, 122;Plan Orange, 63; Plan D (Dog), 122–3
US–Japan treaty of commerce and navigation (1911), 70, 75, 78–80, 86–9, 94
Vandenburg, Arthur, 79
Versailles (treaty, system), 19, 24–6, 30–1, 55, 61, 65–66, 81
Vichy régime, 148
Wake island, 63
Wall Street, 6
Wang Ching-wei, 24, 36, 53, 71–3, 90–2, 94, 106, 109–10, 118, 123–6, 163
Washington conference (Washington system, Washington treaties), 2–5, 8, 10, 14, 16, 17, 19–20, 22–9, 30–1, 34–5, 41, 47, 54, 64–5, 67, 68, 70, 78, 81, 84, 88, 101, 106, 138, 164, 185
Washington conversations (1941), 135–8, 145–148, 151
Washington powers, 3–4, 18, 35, 52
Welles, Sumner, 56, 65, 93–4, 146–7, 152
World War I, 3, 20, 115, 155, 171
World War II in Europe, 1, 41, 64, 80–1, 83, 87, 93, 95, 98, 101, 103, 115, 120, 122–3, 127, 143, 147, 168, 174
Wuhan, 90
Yabe Teiji, 104
Yalu, 9
Yamamoto Isoroku, 126, 151, 182
Yonai Mitsumasa, 89, 93–4, 100, 102–3, 109, 117, 128
Yoshida Zengo, 107
Yugoslavia, 133
Yunan Province, 137