Description
The first English-language study of German-Japanese interwar relations to employ sources in both languages.
About the Author
Ricky W. Law is Associate Professor of History at Carnegie Mellon University, Pennsylvania. He has received grants and fellowships from the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation, the Japan Foundation, and the Royster Society of Fellows. In 2013, he received the Dean's Distinguished Dissertation Award at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill where he earned his Ph.D., and the Fritz Stern Dissertation Prize of the Friends of the German Historical Institute.
Reviews
'Based on a mountain of evidence in three languages, Transnational Nazism offers a striking vision of interwar Japan-German ties as an 'imagined community'. Far from a natural association of totalitarianism, the Anti-Comintern Pact relied on a decade and a half of willful cultural production by a wide array of civil society actors.' Frederick Dickinson, University of Pennsylvania
'... an important work that represents a major contribution to our understanding of the dynamics of the nascent relationship between Germany and Japan between 1919 and 1936. Scholars of transnational Asian-German studies will find much of interest here, as will those who focus on the origins of the Axis ... Law makes a powerful and well-documented case for 'transnational Nazism' and its shaping influence on the ultimately disastrous political and military alliance between Germany and Japan.' Aaron D. Horton, German History
'Law persuasively argues that the Berlin-Tokyo Axis emerged as much from Japanese admiration for the National Socialist ideology as from any pragmatic military considerations ... Recommended.' J. Kleiman, Choice
'The book is excellent for its empirical discoveries ...' Angel Alcalde, Contemporary European History
'Transnational Nazism is strikingly well written and organized, ...' Miriam Kingsberg Kadia, H-Net Reviews
'... this is an important and highly original contribution on the culture of interwar authoritarianism that deserves a wide readership.' Erik Grimmer-Solem, German Historical Institute
'... an important and highly original contribution on the culture of interwar authoritarianism that deserves a wide readership.' Erik Grimmer-Solem, Journal of Modern History
Book Information
ISBN 9781108465151
Author Ricky W. Law
Format Paperback
Page Count 359
Imprint Cambridge University Press
Publisher Cambridge University Press
Weight(grams) 500g
Dimensions(mm) 228mm * 152mm * 17mm