Prelude to Pearl Harbor: Ideology and Culture in US-Japan Relations, 1919-1941 - Paperback

by John Gripentrog (Author)

Reconsidering the origins of WWII in Asia and the Pacific, this book focuses on interactions between the United States and Japan during the interwar period. Challenging and amplifying accepted interpretations, Gripentrog argues that competing ideologies--chiefly the rift between internationalism and Pan-Asianism--was at the heart of the conflict.

Author Biography

John Gripentrog is professor of history at Mars Hill University, North Carolina. He earned his PhD from the University of Wisconsin-Madison and specializes in US foreign relations in East Asia. Dr. Gripentrog is the recipient of the Robert S. Gibbs Outstanding Teaching Award at Mars Hill University as well as the Letters and Science Teaching Award at UW-Madison.