2017 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
US-Japan Relations during the 1930s: The Japan Policy under the Hoover and Roosevelt Administrations
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25380197
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
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| Allocation Type | Multi-year Fund |
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| Section | 一般 |
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| Research Field |
International relations
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| Research Institution | Kobe University |
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Principal Investigator |
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| Project Period (FY) |
2013-04-01 – 2018-03-31
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| Keywords | 日米関係 / 1930年代 / フーバー / ローズヴェルト / 満州事変 / 日中戦争 / 国務省 / アメリが外交 |
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| Outline of Final Research Achievements |
This research began as a comparison between US policy towards Japan during the 1930s under the Herbert Hoover (HH) and the Franklin Delano Roosevelt (FDR) administrations. The approach taken was that of diplomatic history, and as a result the research relied on extensive use of primary archival material. Past studies have focused mostly on FDR and thus there lacks a comparison component with the previous administration. This is omission is unfortunate as one needs to trace the decade of the 1930s in its entirety if one is to understand the turning point in American policy toward Japan; that is when did it become less conciliatory/accommodating and shift to a more hardline policy.In conclusion, one can see that HH policies were inconsistent at best, which led to mixed signals toward Japan. On the other hand, FDR had a very consistent policy toward Japan, which became firm after the Second Shanghai incident.
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| Free Research Field |
政治学
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