Herald of a New World Order, Part 2: The Pacific Theater
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We follow the spring session, with its focus on the European Theater, by moving to the Pacific Theater, and the growing friction between Japan and the United States. Beginning in the late 19th century and continuing into the 20th century, the decline of the European colonial powers is well along to its irrevocable conclusion. And so, the American-Japanese competition in the world’s largest ocean will be charted, starting with the end of America’s War Between the States and the rise of the Japanese Empire. The two will be Allies for a short time in the first chapter of the Great War, 1914-1922. But the split will become apparent by the late 1920’s. Positions will harden during the 1930’s until they explode into open war by December 1941. Ultimately, Japan will lack the industrial infrastructure and access to resources required to defeat the Arsenal of Democracy. And like Nazi Germany and Fascist Italy, Japan will fall into calamitous defeat—leaving us with a new world order.
- Week 1: The Rise of Japan: Emergence of a Modern State, 1853-1919
- Week 2: Hokku Ichiu: Japan moves to the Right, 1920-1937
- Week 3: Bonzai: 1937-1941
- Week 4: 1942: Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere
- Week 5: Turning of the Tide: 1943
- Week 6: Storm Across the Pacific: 1944-1945
- Week 7: Genzai Bakudan
- Week 8: The Long and the Short of it: New World Order