Description |
1 online resource (xi, 564 pages) : illustrations, map |
Contents |
[Pt.] I. Imperial powers turn ethnic people into a security threat (1860-1914). Before European and Japanese governments manipulated immigrants in the Americas -- Becoming useful : the first Japanese and German experiments with ethnic manipulations in the West -- Mexico discovers Japan as a potential strategic wedge against the United States -- [pt.] II. The secret warfare that established the benchmark for future Allied war fears (1910-18). The Mexican Revolution : the first complex Japanese policy in Latin America beyond diplomacy -- Four waves of secret warfare -- Japan's navy exploits the opportunities World War I offers -- President Carranza explores warfare against the United States : certainly not a victim -- The war breaks all certainties of imperialism : the Battle of Jutland and the collapse of Allied war financing -- The Zimmerman telegram and its aftermath : a research update -- Argentina's president HipĆ³lito Irigoyen : personalist hispanista secret diplomacy -- [pt.] III. In expectation of failure of the League of Nations (1919-22). Venustiano Carranza and Japanese spies move next to ethnic businessmen and emigrants in Latin America (1919-22) -- Argentina imagines arming itself in the midst of more Japanese spying -- [pt.] IV. Not acting as U.S., British, and French political idealists had hoped (1922-24). Latin American diplomats assert a policy of armed peace -- Italian, German, and Japanese governments and Soviet communists resume manipulations of ethnic communities and workers in the Americas (1923) -- Spain's elites lay the foundations for a global Iberian commonwealth -- [pt.] V. Forging military connections for the transnational fascism of the 1930s (1925-28). Now that we can arm freely -- Primo de Rivera and Alfonso XIII exploit Germany's secret rearmament -- [pt.] VI. In place of an end : a sketch of the new round of secret activities |
Summary |
The intrigue and subterfuge revealed in this revisionist study add a fascinating new dimension to our understanding of transpacific and transatlantic politics following World War I |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 542-553) and index |
Notes |
Print version record |
Subject |
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Government -- International.
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- International Relations -- General.
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Diplomatic relations
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Regions & Countries - Americas.
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History & Archaeology.
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Latin America.
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SUBJECT |
Latin America -- Foreign relations -- 19th century
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Latin America -- Foreign relations -- 20th century
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Latin America -- Foreign relations -- Europe
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Europe -- Foreign relations -- Latin America
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Latin America -- Foreign relations -- Japan
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Japan -- Foreign relations -- Latin America
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Europe
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Japan
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Latin America
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Form |
Electronic book
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LC no. |
2010035385 |
ISBN |
9780826344915 |
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0826344917 |
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1283636913 |
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9781283636919 |
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661394937X |
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9786613949370 |
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