Sun Jan 09 2022

<p>What can US-China relations learn from US-Japan relations in the leadup to WWII? To discuss, I’m joined by Stony Brook University’s Michael Barnhart, author of the 1987 <em>Japan Prepares for Total War: The Search for Economic Security, 1919–1941</em> and the more recent <em>Can You Beat Churchill?: Teaching History through Simulations</em> (<a href="https://www.amazon.com/Can-You-Beat-Churchill-Simulations/dp/1501755641" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.amazon.com/Can-You-Beat-Churchill-Simulations/dp/1501755641</a>), with Scholar’s Stage essayist Tanner Greer (@Scholars_Stage) cohosting.</p><br><p>We discuss</p><ul><li>What motivated Japan to invade China</li><li>Why FDR was particularly worried about a Japanese invasion of the USSR</li><li>Why Japan and the Nazis thought the West would be on their side</li><li>The benefits of paying attention to mid level bureaucrats</li></ul><p><br></p><p>For an ad-free feed, please consider supporting ChinaTalk on <a hr...