Japan’s Road to the Pacific War. Vol. I: Deterrent Diplomacy: Japan, Germany, and the USSR, 1935-1940: Selected Translations from Taiheiyo Senso E No Michi, Kaisen Gaiko Shi

Editor’s Foreword
Contents
I. The Anti-Comintern Pact, 1935-1939
	Introduction by Hans H. Baerwald
	Essay by Ohata Tokushirö
	Renovationism and Anticommunism
	The Negotiations
	Conclusion of the Pact
	The Soviet Reaction
	Efforts to Expand Pact Membership
	Efforts toward Strengthening the Anti-Comintern Pact
	The German Proposal
		The Kanoe Cabinet’s Ambiguous Attitude
	OUTLINE FOR STRENGTHENING POLITICAL COOPERATION BETWEEN JAPAN AND GERMANY
	The Army-Foreign Ministry Stalemate
	The Army Refuses to Budge
	Unreconciled Differences at Home and Abroad
II. The Japanese-Soviet Confrontation, 1935-1939
	Introduction by Alvin D. Coox
	Essay by Hata Ikuhiko
	The Growing Crisis
	The Changkufeng Incident, July-August 1938
	The Nomonhan Incident, May-September 1939
III. The Tripartite Pact, 1939-1940
	Introduction by James William Morley
	Essay by Hosoya Chihiro
	Japan s Search for an Independent Foreign Policy
	The Lure of the Southern Advance
		Unless You Go Into the Tiger s Den, You Cannot Catch the Tiger's Cub
	The Matsuoka-Stahmer Negotiations
	The Conclusion of the Tripartite Pact
Appendix 1. The Japanese-German Anti-Comintern Pact and Related Documents
	THE JAPANESE-GERMAN ANTI-COMINTERN PACT AND RELATED DOCUMENTS *
	PREAMBLE
	ARTICLE 1
	ARTICLE 2
	ARTICLE 3
	ARTICLE 1
	ARTICLE 2
	ARTICLE 3
	APPENDICES *
Appendix 2. Proclamations of the Japanese and German Governments Announcing the Signing of the Anti-Comintern Pact, November 25, 1936
	PROCLAMATION OF THE JAPANESE GOVERNMENT
	PROCLAMATION OF THE GERMAN GOVERNMENT
Appendix 3. The Army’s Hopes Regarding Current Foreign Policies, July 3, 1938
	THE ARMY’S HOPES REGARDING CURRENT FOREIGN POLICIES JULY 3,1938 *
	II.	OPERATIONS TO STRENGTHEN THE ANTI-COMINTERN AXIS
	III.	OPERATIONS VIS-À-VIS THE SOVIET UNION Policy
	VI.	OPERATIONS VIS-À-VIS FRANCE
Appendix 4. Instructions to the Japanese Ambassadors in Berlin and Rome Concerning the Conclusion by Japan, Germany, and Italy of a Treaty of Consultation and Mutual Assistance, January 25, 1939
5. The Matsuoka Draft Policy “On Strengthening Cooperation between Japan, Germany, and Italy,” July 30, 1940
Appendix 6. Comparison of Revised Provisions of Draft Policy Papers for Strengthening Ties between Japan, Germany, and Italy
Appendix 7. The Tripartite Alliance of Germany, Italy, and Japan and Accompanying Notes, September 27, 1940
	Notes
	ONE
	The Anti-Comintern Pact
	TWO
	The Japanese-Soviet Confrontation, 1935-1939
	THREE
	The Tripartite Pact,
	1939-1940
	Bibliography
	Contributors
	Index