Note: "Originally published in the Japanese language as 'Showa-shi kogi: Saishin kenkyu de miru senso e no michi' by Chikumashobo Ltd. in 2015"--Title page verso. - Includes bibliographical references , Includes bibliographical references , The Washington Treaty System and Shidehara Diplomacy , Enactment of the General Election Law and the Beginning of Democratic Politics , From the Northern Expeditions to the Assassination of Zhang Zuolin , London Naval Conference, Imperial Court, Political Parties, and the Imperial Japanese Navy , From the Manchurian Incident to Japan's Withdrawal from the League of Nations , The Emperor-as-Organ Theory Incident , February 26 Incident and the Ultranationalist Movement in the Showa Era , The Marco Polo Bridge Incident: From the Signing of the Tanggu Truce to the Failure of the Trautmann Mediation Attempt , The Deepening Quagmire of the Sino-Japanese War and the Declaration of a New Order in East Asia , Lecture 10 , The Path to the Tripartite Alliance of Japan, Germany, and Italy , The New Konoe Order and Reform Bureaucrats , From the US-Japan Negotiations to the Outbreak of War , Emperor Hirohito's "Sacred Decisions" and the Political Process of Japan's Surrender , The Occupation of Japan: The International Background behind the Policy of the United States toward Japan , Lecture 1: The Washington Treaty System and Shidehara Diplomacy , Lecture 2: Enactment of the General Election Law and the Beginning of Democratic Politics , Lecture 3: From the Northern Expeditions to the Assassination of Zhang Zuolin , Lecture 4: London Naval Conference, Imperial Court, Political Parties, and the Imperial Japanese Navy , Lecture 5: From the Manchurian Incident to Japan's Withdrawal from the League of Nations , Lecture 6: The Emperor-as-Organ Theory Incident , Lecture 7: February 26 Incident and the Ultranationalist Movement in the Showa Era , Lecture 8: The Marco Polo Bridge Incident: From the Signing of the Tanggu Truce to the Failure of the Trautmann Mediation Attempt , Lecture 9: The Deepening Quagmire of the Sino-Japanese War and the Declaration of a New Order in East Asia , Lecture 10: The Nomonhan Incident and the Japanese-Soviet Neutrality Pact , Lecture 11: The Path to the Tripartite Alliance of Japan, Germany, and Italy , Lecture 12: The New Konoe Order and Reform Bureaucrats , Lecture 13: From the US-Japan Negotiations to the Outbreak of War , Lecture 14: Emperor Hirohito's "Sacred Decisions" and the Political Process of Japan's Surrender , Lecture 15: The Occupation of Japan: The International Background behind the Policy of the United States toward Japan , Aus dem Japanischen übersetzt