Origins of the Pacific War and the Importance of 'Magic'

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ISBN: 9781873410660 | 1873410662
Cover: Hardcover
Copyright: 8/19/1999

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Argues that in the final phase of the eight months of US-Japan talks leading to the attack on Pearl Harbor, serious mistranslations in the US decoding system were a significant factor in the misunderstandings which grew between the two sides.

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Preface
Introduction
The Historical Legacy
Historical Background to US-Japan Relations	p. 1
The Russo-Japanese War and the Open Door	p. 14
The First World War and its Aftermath	p. 28
Disarmament and the Manchurian Incident	p. 42
The China Incident	p. 75
Turning Points in the Negotiations I
Policy-Making and Decision-Making: Japan and the United States	p. 126
The Draft Understanding Proposal: November 1940-October 1941	p. 184
'Magic' as a Cause of US-Japan Misunderstanding
Technical Problems of Coding and Decoding	p. 247
Linguistic Factors and Problems of Translation	p. 277
Turning Points in the Negotiations II
Proposal B and the Hull Note: October 1941-December 1941	p. 289
Conclusion	p. 344
Historiographic Developments	p. 348
QandA Section	p. 375
Bibliography	p. 385
List of Important 'Magic' Mistranslations	p. 405
Telegrams and Drafts	p. 408
Index	p. 468
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Origins of the Pacific War and the Importance of 'Magic'

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