01800cam a2200301 i 4500 190253164 TxAuBib 20141202120000.0 970604s1997||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 96079832 9780883659854 0883659859 (OCoLC)37015348 TxAuBib rda Craig, William, 1929- The fall of Japan / William Craig. 1st Galahad Books ed. New York, NY : Galahad Books, 1997. xiv, 368 pages, [32] pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier Includes bibliographical references (pages 351-357)-and indexes. In September of 1931, the U.S. Secretary of State, Henry Stimson, wrote in his diary: "Trouble has flared up again in Manchuria." The 1931 Manchurian "touble" was instigated by Army officers who wanted to wage a war of conquest and prove themselves more powerful than the Japanese Cabinet. Both of these goals were realized. By the end of 1931 the Japanese Army, overriding the protests of stunned officials in Tokyo, had taken over Manchuria. In 1937, the Army invaded China and perpetrated atrocities on the people of Nanking which repelled the rest of the world. Japan joined the Axis in September 1940; and by 1941 the Army had occupied French Indo-China - after France had fallen to Nazi Germany and could no longer protect her interest in Asia. Inexorably, Japan was building toward a confrontation with the West. 20141202. World War, 1939-1945 Japan. Japan History 1912-1945.