WILLIAM F. NIMMO is a researcher and historian specializing in foreign relations, military affairs, and the Allied Occupation of Japan./e He served as an Army officer in the Korean War and held civilian positions with the Department of the Army in Washington. He later taught history and political science as an adjunct faculty member at several colleges and universities, and has participated in symposiums at the General Douglas MacArthur Memorial in Norfolk, Virginia, serving as editor for the symposium proceedings. He and his wife, Fontaine, live in Virginia Beach, Virginia.

• Preface The Beginnings: New Experiences for Americans in Asia and the Pacific Expansion in Asia and the Pacific New Century and Rising New Powers World War I: Big Rewards for Japan with Little Pain The 1920s: A Move to Liberalism in Japan and Turmoil in China The Japanese Army Moves in on Civilian Government The Early 1930s: Japan Expands While the United States Withdraws from Empire Japan Attempts to Conquer China Confrontation Between the United States and Japan The Military Dictatorship Takes Japan to War Ending the War Appendix Selected Bibliography Index

WILLIAM F. NIMMO is a researcher and historian specializing in foreign relations, military affairs, and the Allied Occupation of Japan./e He served as an Army officer in the Korean War and held civilian positions with the Department of the Army in Washington. He later taught history and political science as an adjunct faculty member at several colleges and universities, and has participated in symposiums at the General Douglas MacArthur Memorial in Norfolk, Virginia, serving as editor for the symposium proceedings. He and his wife, Fontaine, live in Virginia Beach, Virginia.

• Preface The Beginnings: New Experiences for Americans in Asia and the Pacific Expansion in Asia and the Pacific New Century and Rising New Powers World War I: Big Rewards for Japan with Little Pain The 1920s: A Move to Liberalism in Japan and Turmoil in China The Japanese Army Moves in on Civilian Government The Early 1930s: Japan Expands While the United States Withdraws from Empire Japan Attempts to Conquer China Confrontation Between the United States and Japan The Military Dictatorship Takes Japan to War Ending the War Appendix Selected Bibliography Index

WILLIAM F. NIMMO is a researcher and historian specializing in foreign relations, military affairs, and the Allied Occupation of Japan./e He served as an Army officer in the Korean War and held civilian positions with the Department of the Army in Washington. He later taught history and political science as an adjunct faculty member at several colleges and universities, and has participated in symposiums at the General Douglas MacArthur Memorial in Norfolk, Virginia, serving as editor for the symposium proceedings. He and his wife, Fontaine, live in Virginia Beach, Virginia.

• Preface The Beginnings: New Experiences for Americans in Asia and the Pacific Expansion in Asia and the Pacific New Century and Rising New Powers World War I: Big Rewards for Japan with Little Pain The 1920s: A Move to Liberalism in Japan and Turmoil in China The Japanese Army Moves in on Civilian Government The Early 1930s: Japan Expands While the United States Withdraws from Empire Japan Attempts to Conquer China Confrontation Between the United States and Japan The Military Dictatorship Takes Japan to War Ending the War Appendix Selected Bibliography Index