Book contents
- World War II and Southeast Asia
- World War II and Southeast Asia
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Illustrations
- Acknowledgements
- Chronology of World War II in the Pacific
- Abbreviations
- Introduction
- 1 Southeast Asia in the Pacific War
- 2 Administration and Social Control in Southeast Asia
- 3 Finance for Japan’s Occupation
- 4 National Product and Trade
- 5 Transport, Public Utilities and Industrialization
- 6 Shortages, Substitutes and Rationing
- 7 Food and Famine in Southeast Asia
- 8 Food and Living Standards in Urban Southeast Asia
- 9 Labour and the Japanese
- 10 Costs of War and Lessons of Occupation
- Epilogue and Conclusion
- Appendices
- Bibliography
- Index
1 - Southeast Asia in the Pacific War
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 October 2020
- World War II and Southeast Asia
- World War II and Southeast Asia
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Illustrations
- Acknowledgements
- Chronology of World War II in the Pacific
- Abbreviations
- Introduction
- 1 Southeast Asia in the Pacific War
- 2 Administration and Social Control in Southeast Asia
- 3 Finance for Japan’s Occupation
- 4 National Product and Trade
- 5 Transport, Public Utilities and Industrialization
- 6 Shortages, Substitutes and Rationing
- 7 Food and Famine in Southeast Asia
- 8 Food and Living Standards in Urban Southeast Asia
- 9 Labour and the Japanese
- 10 Costs of War and Lessons of Occupation
- Epilogue and Conclusion
- Appendices
- Bibliography
- Index
Summary
Chapter 1 deals with two main topics. One is to assess the reasons for the outbreak of war in the Pacific. Japanese economic motivations for war as an investment in building a Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere are given particular weight. Second, the chapter analyzes Japan’s economic plans for Southeast Asia at the outset of occupation, how these changed as the war turned against Japan, and the implications for Southeast Asia of Japanese military reversals and heavy merchant shipping losses. Emphasis is placed on Japanese economic weakness compared to American and it is concluded that Japan had no prospect of winning a Pacific War and only limited chances of securing a favourable negotiated peace.
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- World War II and Southeast AsiaEconomy and Society under Japanese Occupation, pp. 22 - 47Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2020