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Origins of the War in the East: Britain, China and Japan, 1937–39. By Aron Shai. London: Croom Helm, 1976. Pp. 267. £9.50 - Great Britain and the Origins of the Pacific War: A Study of British Policy in East Asia, 1937–1941. By Peter Lowe. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1977. Pp. xii + 318. £8.50.

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 February 2009

S. Olu Agbi
S. Olu Agbi
Affiliation:
University of Ibadan, Nigeria
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The Historical Journal , Volume 22 , Issue 2 , June 1979 , pp. 507 - 510
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References

1 Clifford, Nicholas, Retreat from China: British policy in the Far East, 1937–41 (London, 1967)Google Scholar was written before official documents for the period became available in the P.R.O. Some of Clifford's shortcomings have been remedied by Lee, B. A., Britain and the Sino-Japanese War 1937–39: a study in the dilemmas of British decline (London, 1973)Google Scholar. Neither book, however, provides an adequate analysis of British policy in East Asia.

2 Morgenthau, Hans, Politics among nations: the struggle for power and peace (5th edition, New York, 1973), p. 65Google Scholar.

3 Ibid.