{"product_id":"british-intelligence-and-the-japanese-challenge-in-asia-1914-1941-paperback","title":"British Intelligence and the Japanese Challenge in Asia, 1914-1941 - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eA. Best\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eANTONY BEST is Lecturer in International History at the London School of Economics. He is the author of\u003cem\u003e Britain, Japan and Pearl Harbour: Avoiding War in East Asia, 1936-41\u003c\/em\u003e and a number of scholarly articles on Anglo-Japanese relations in the 1930s.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 269\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.6 x 8.5 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e July 16, 2002\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42719407079487,"sku":"9781349425983","price":233.26,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/280b68840d5364be93b1fb3d99e26823.webp?v=1765085513","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/british-intelligence-and-the-japanese-challenge-in-asia-1914-1941-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}