"The Final Negotiations with Japan, 1940-1941." by Mary Marillac Scully
 

Date of Award

6-1962

Degree Type

Master's Essay - Restricted

Degree Name

Master of Arts (MA)

Department

History

First Advisor

Herbert W. Rice

Abstract

This essay traces the developments leading up to and including the final negotiations between the American and Japanese governments in 1940 and 1941. It attempts to clarify the role in these negotiations on the part of the opposing factions in each country. In Japan, this opposition involved the ambitions of the military in contrast with the desires of the business leaders. In the United States the President had to keep in mind not only the electorate but also an increasingly hostile Congress. In addition to these pressures, the negotiations became involved because of a fundamental misconception at the outset of the final negotiations. The Japanese Ambassador, misinterpreting the directives of the American Secretary of State, considered the American request for an agreement--which would serve as a basis for negotiations--as the actual beginnings of the negotiations themselves.

Comments

Essay for Master's Degree - Plan B, Submitted to Dr. Rice, History 292, Marquette University, Milwaukee, Wisconsin

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