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Barnhart, Michael Andrew was born on June 8, 1951 in Hanover, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Harris Andrew Barnhart and Ann Harrison.
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Japan Prepares for Total War: The Search for Economic Security, 1919–1941 (Cornell Studies in Security Affairs)
( The roots of Japan's aggressive, expansionist foreign p...)
The roots of Japan's aggressive, expansionist foreign policy have often been traced to its concern over acute economic vulnerability. Michael A. Barnhart tests this assumption by examining the events leading up to World War II in the context of Japan's quest for economic security, drawing on a wide array of Japanese and American sources. Barnhart focuses on the critical years from 1938 to 1941 as he investigates the development of Japan's drive for national economic self-sufficiency and independence and the way in which this drive shaped its internal and external policies. He also explores American economic pressure on Tokyo and assesses its impact on Japan's foreign policy and domestic economy. He concludes that Japan's internal political dynamics, especially the bitter rivalry between its army and navy, played a far greater role in propelling the nation into war with the United States than did its economic condition or even pressure from Washington. Japan Prepares for Total War sheds new light on prewar Japan and confirms the opinions of those in Washington who advocated economic pressure against Japan.
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Michael Andrew Barnhart
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Michael Andrew Barnhart, American History professor. Recipient numerous awards including Edwin B. Hooper fellowship Navigation History Center, United States Navy, 1987. Member Asian Studies Association, Society Historians of America Foreign Rels., Organisation American Historians, Academy Political Science, Tau Kappa Epsilon (local chapter advisory since 1986).
Education
Bachelor of Science, Northwestern University, 1973; AM, Harvard University, 1974; Doctor of Philosophy, Harvard University, 1980.
Career
Assistant professor of history, State University of New York, Stony Brook, 1980-1986; associate professor, State University of New York, Stony Brook, since 1986.
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Japan Prepares for Total War The Search for Economic Security 1919 1941 Cornell Studies in Security Affairs
(The roots of Japan s aggressive expansionist foreign poli...)
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Japan Prepares for Total War: The Search for Economic Security, 1919–1941 (Cornell Studies in Security Affairs)
( The roots of Japan's aggressive, expansionist foreign p...)
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Japan Prepares for Total War The Search for Economic Security 1919 1941 Cornell Studies in Security Affairs
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Member Asian Studies Association, Society Historians of America Foreign Rels., Organisation American Historians, Academy Political Science, Tau Kappa Epsilon (local chapter advisory since 1986).
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Married Janet H. Goldstein.
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