Japanese-German Relations, 1895-1945 - 9780415342483

Taylor & Francis

Introduction: From \u2018German Measles\u2019 to \u2018Honorary Aryans\u2019: An overview of German-Japanese relations until 1945 Part 1: Military Background 1. The Imperial Japanese Army and Germany 2. Naval Relations between Japan and Germany from the Late Nineteenth Century until the End of World War II Part 2: Mutual Perceptions 3. Japan-Enthusiasm in Wilhelmine Germany: The case of the Sino--Japanese War, 1894-5 4. The \u2018Yellow Peril\u2019 and Its Influence on German-Japanese Relations 5. Exoticism in Early Twentieth Century German Literature on Japan Part 3: Culture and Science 6. Personal Contacts in German-Japanese Cultural Relations during the 1920s and Early 1930s 7. Karl Haushofer Re-examined: Geopolitics as a factor of German-Japanese rapprochement in the inter-war years? Part 4: Rapprochement and War 8. The Berlin-Tokyo Axis Reconsidered: From the anti-comintern pact to the plot to assassinate Stalin 9. The German Nazi Party: A model for Japan\u2019s \u2018New Ordea