Tensions of Empire

by Goto, Ken'ichi

• ISBN13: 9780896802315
• ISBN10: 0896802310
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2003-11-01
• Publisher: Ohio Univ Pr

Summary

Beginning with the closing decade of European colonial rule in Southeast Asia and covering the wartime Japanese empire and its postwar disintegration, Tensions of Empire focuses on the Japanese in Southeast Asia, Indonesians in Japan, and the legacy of the war in Southeast Asia. It also examines Japanese perceptions of Southeast Asia and the lingering ambivalence toward Japanese involvement in Asia and the war in particular.

Author Biography

Ken'ichi Goto is a professor of international relations and a former dean of the Graduate School of Asia-Pacific Studies at Waseda University, Tokyo.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	p. vii
Introduction	p. xi
Abbreviations	p. xxiii
Japan and Southeast Asia, 1930s-1945
Changing Japanese Perceptions of Southeast Asia	p. 3
Japan and Portuguese Timor	p. 24
Tojo Hideki and the Southern Co-prosperity Sphere	p. 39
The Cooperation, Submission, and Resistance of Southeast Asian Elites in the Wartime Empire	p. 77
Japan and Indonesia
Sarekat Indonesia: The Association of Indonesian Students in Prewar Japan	p. 107
Indonesian Students in Japan during World War II	p. 149
The Semarang Incident in the Context of Japanese-Indonesian Relations	p. 171
Japanese Reactions to the End of the War in Indonesia and the Story of "Abdul Rahman"	p. 186
Japan and Postwar Southeast Asia
A Comparative Study of Decolonization in Indonesia and Malaya	p. 213
The Dynamics and Legacy of Japanese Wartime Rule in Indonesia	p. 230
Decolonization and the Formation of an Asia-Pacific Regional System in Southeast Asia	p. 245
Contemporary Japanese Views of the Occupation of Southeast Asia	p. 266
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