Japan's Southward Advance And Australia: From the Sixteenth Century To World War II (1991) By Henry P. Frei
 
Japan in the Pacific - for Australians the notion is evocative of tourist hotels and tuna-fishing fleets in the present, and of desperate jungle and naval warfare in the past.
Lacking any sense of historical perspective, puzzlement and unease prevail.
 
Frei looks at the changing nature of Japan's evolving role in the Pacific, documents discrepancies between 20th century army and navy policy, and discusses Japanese strategic planning on the eve of the Pacific War, including whether or not Japan intended to invade Australia. He concludes that Australia's distrust of Japanese intentions towards Australia was not justified.
 
Hard Cover With Dust Jacket
303 pages
In Good Condition