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| List of illustrations | |
| Acknowledgements | |
| Prologue | |
| Lateral pressure and Japan | |
| Conflict and contention: a theory of lateral pressure | p. 3 |
| The profile and capabilities of Japan: a critical century | p. 24 |
| Emergence of Japan | |
| Growth, development, and early expansion | p. 53 |
| Intersections with major powers | p. 70 |
| Comparisons of profiles: Japan and the major powers | p. 84 |
| A model of lateral pressure: from the Meiji Restoration to World War I | p. 96 |
| Expansion, competition, conflict | |
| Gains from World War I: Japan as an emerging power | p. 115 |
| Japanese expansion, conflict and escalation | p. 132 |
| Toward the Pearl Harbor decision | p. 158 |
| Modeling Japan's lateral pressure to World War II | p. 182 |
| Comparing lateral pressure processes: World War I and World War II | p. 189 |
| Simulating growth and expansion: paths to war | p. 201 |
| Postwar Japan: reconstruction, growth, expansion | |
| Lateral pressure after World War II | p. 223 |
| Economic growth and vulnerability | p. 238 |
| A new model of lateral pressure in postwar Japan | p. 253 |
| Simulating Japan's post-World War II expansion | p. 270 |
| Conclusion: emergence of a global power | |
| Adaptation to a new international environment | p. 283 |
| Retrospection and thoughts for the future | p. 292 |
| Epilogue: a critical assessment | p. 310 |
| Appendices | p. 321 |
| Notes | p. 333 |
| References | p. 347 |
| Index | p. 363 |
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