Studies in Military and Strategic History

Best, A.

This is the first full-length study of the role played by British Intelligence in influencing policy towards Japan from the decline of the Alliance to the outbreak of the Pacific War. Using many previously classified records it describes how the image of Japan generated by Intelligence during this period led Britain to underestimate Japanese military capabilities in 1941. The book shows how this image was derived from a lack of adequate intelligence resources and racially driven assumptions about Japanese national characteristics.

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Published by: Palgrave Macmillan

Publication Date: 2002-07-16

Format: Hardcover

ISBN-13: 9780333945513

DOI: 10.1057/9780230287280

Dimensions: 216cm x140cm

Pages: 269