A Japanese Naval Analyst Considers War in the Pacific in 1925
Will Japan Fight with America? Nichibei issen ron: Ichimei mushiki no kyofu
Notes: An examination of the likelihood and potential shape of a war in the Pacific between Japan and the United States, with an emphasis on naval and aerial battles. Kawashima focuses more on the Philippines and Guam and less over Hawaii than some writers on the subject. He also considers wireless (telegraph) communication lines and the relative abilities of the US and Japan to replace damaged ships. Kawashima published this book in February 1925, several months before the appearance of Hector Bywater's Great Pacific War, the most influential book in English to predict a US-Japan conflict.
Like Bywater, Kawashima was a naval journalist, and he was one of the most well-regarded Japanese analysts. An extensive translation of Kawashima's response to Bywater's Great Pacific War was published in Our Navy, which billed itself as "the standard magazine of the U.S. Navy" (Mid-September 1925, Vol. XIX, no. 10). Politically, Kawashima was a member of Imperialist National Socialist Roso-kai (Old and Young Society) and he edited the group's magazine, Dai Nihon or Great Japan (See "Socialism in Japan" in The Living Age, January 31, 1919).
Illustrated with three folding maps of the Pacific, showing distances and spheres of influence. [2] 4, 4, 4, 8, 287[1] [2] pages.
OCLC: 674280221 (National Diet Library)
Edition + Condition: First edition (first printing). A very good copy in decorative wrappers. Maps foxed but very good or better.
Publication: Tokyo: Keibunkan, 1925 (Taisho 14).
Item No: #362422
Price: $1,250