@article{THESIS,
      recid = {3183},
      author = {Tang, Wilson},
      title = {The Rise of the Imperial Japanese Navy, Growth, Internal  Politics, Foreign Affairs and Overextension, 1868-1941},
      publisher = {University of Chicago},
      school = {M.A.},
      address = {2021-08},
      number = {THESIS},
      abstract = {Well known as the powerful opponent of the United States  Navy and the other Allied navies during the Second World  War, the Imperial Japanese Navy have a long-storied career  through time. However, most works are written about the  Japanese Navy’s combat actions during the Second World War.  This paper would examine the Japanese Navy from the  inception in 1868, up to the beginning of the American  entry of the Second World War in 1941, as more competent  writers covered the war years and its end. I will detail  the Navy’s search for political independence, its rivalry  with the Imperial Japanese Army over budgets and political  influence, building up its fleet size, using and  manipulating public opinion to help achieve its goals and  its successes in warfare, plus its hubris. The Empire of  Japan’s economy was not as powerful compared to the other  major European and American naval powers, however its  obsession with political independence, prestige of a strong  military, and the need to engage in economic competition,  including colonization, often forced the nation and the  military themselves to often engage in matters outside of  their capacity, such as continual military expansion  despite lack of funds. This paper aims to tell the Japanese  Navy’s story outside of the Second World War and  demonstrate that it was more than just a footnote in naval  history, it was able to rise above its humble beginnings,  punch above its weight in certain engagements and help  elevated the Empire of Japan into a world power until its  final defeat in 1945.  },
      url = {http://knowledge.uchicago.edu/record/3183},
      doi = {https://doi.org/10.6082/uchicago.3183},
}