Challenge of Japan Before World War II Book

	List of illustrations
	Acknowledgements
	Prologue
Pt. I	Lateral pressure and Japan
1	Conflict and contention: a theory of lateral pressure	3
2	The profile and capabilities of Japan: a critical century	24
Pt. II	Emergence of Japan
3	Growth, development, and early expansion	53
4	Intersections with major powers	70
5	Comparisons of profiles: Japan and the major powers	84
6	A model of lateral pressure: from the Meiji Restoration to World War I	96
Pt. III	Expansion, competition, conflict
7	Gains from World War I: Japan as an emerging power	115
8	Japanese expansion, conflict and escalation	132
9	Toward the Pearl Harbor decision	158
10	Modeling Japan's lateral pressure to World War II	182
11	Comparing lateral pressure processes: World War I and World War II	189
12	Simulating growth and expansion: paths to war	201
Pt. IV	Postwar Japan: reconstruction, growth, expansion
13	Lateral pressure after World War II	223
14	Economic growth and vulnerability	238
15	A new model of lateral pressure in postwar Japan	253
16	Simulating Japan's post-World War II expansion	270
Pt. V	Conclusion: emergence of a global power
17	Adaptation to a new international environment	283
18	Retrospection and thoughts for the future	292
19	Epilogue: a critical assessment	310
	Appendices	321
	Notes	333
	References	347
	Index	363