Explaining Meiji Japan's top-down revolution
| dc.contributor.advisor | Meyskens, Covell | |
| dc.contributor.author | McClain, Kendra M. | |
| dc.contributor.department | National Security Affairs (NSA) | |
| dc.contributor.secondreader | Weiner, Robert | |
| dc.date | Dec-17 | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2018-02-07T20:34:04Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2018-02-07T20:34:04Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2017-12 | |
| dc.description.abstract | Meiji Japanese leaders consisted of an oligarchy that strived to overcome Western imperialist pressures in Asia. They did so by overturning some deeply rooted Tokugawa-Era traditions in Japanese society and replaced them with Western ones. They understood that Western norms dictated world affairs, so they sought to make Japan strong along Western norms. Modeling the West provided enough traction for Japan to meet Western threats and maintain its sovereignty. Meiji leaders reshaped Japan's foreign policies by emphasizing foreign affairs, emulating Western boundary-making, revising the unequal trade treaties, and asserting themselves regionally with Korea. They simultaneously created a centralized military to support new foreign policies by conscripting soldiers from across the country; equipping, training, organizing them in a Western fashion; instilling self-discipline; and creating a symbiotic relationship between domestic industries and the military. Meiji Japan's foreign policy evolution and military reforms enabled Japan to not only maintain its sovereignty, but also challenge the regional hierarchy. This paper thus focuses on Meiji Japan's foreign policy and military. | en_US |
| dc.description.distributionstatement | Approved for public release; distribution is unlimited. | |
| dc.description.service | Lieutenant, United States Navy | en_US |
| dc.description.uri | http://archive.org/details/explainingmeijij1094556765 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/10945/56765 | |
| dc.publisher | Monterey, California: Naval Postgraduate School | en_US |
| dc.rights | This publication is a work of the U.S. Government as defined in Title 17, United States Code, Section 101. Copyright protection is not available for this work in the United States. | en_US |
| dc.subject.author | Meiji | en_US |
| dc.subject.author | Japan | en_US |
| dc.subject.author | reform | en_US |
| dc.subject.author | Asia | en_US |
| dc.subject.author | foreign policy | en_US |
| dc.subject.author | military | en_US |
| dc.title | Explaining Meiji Japan's top-down revolution | en_US |
| dc.type | Thesis | en_US |
| dspace.entity.type | Publication | |
| etd.thesisdegree.discipline | Security Studies (Far East, Southeast Asia, The Pacific) | en_US |
| etd.thesisdegree.grantor | Naval Postgraduate School | en_US |
| etd.thesisdegree.level | Masters | en_US |
| etd.thesisdegree.name | Master of Arts in Security Studies (Far East, Southeast Asia, The Pacific) | en_US |
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