Episode 144 - Sayonara Internationalism

<p>Today marks the start of our second miniseries covering the Japanese Empire! That nation had spent the 20s grappling with an underperforming economy, a more active democracy, and how to ensure national security on its own terms. Turns out, none of those issues had been properly addressed, and the Great Depression would form a sad denouement to all the work done during the prior decade. </p> <p> </p> <p>Bibliography for this episode: </p> <p> </p> <ol><li>McClain, James L A Modern History of Japan WW Norton &amp; Company Inc, 2002</li> <li>Duus, Peter The Cambridge History of Japan, Volume 6: The Twentieth Century Cambridge University Press 1988</li> <li>Mason, RHP &amp; JG Caiger A History of Japan Tuttle Publishing 1997</li> </ol><p> </p> <p>Questions? Comments? Email me at <a href='mailto:peaceintheirtime@gmail.com'>peaceintheirtime@gmail.com</a></p>