ペリー来航から真珠湾までの戦前の日米関係を論じた一冊。何が日米両国を戦争へと駆り立てたのかが本書の主要なトピックであることは言うまでもないが、戦前の日米関係のポジティブな側面にも焦点を当てている。【もくじ】Chapter 1 Japan before Opening the Country, Hegemonic Britain, and America from Colonial TimeChapter 2 Japan’s Opening of the Country and the Fall of the BakufuChapter 3 Early Mutual Impressions1Chapter 4 Treaty RevisionChapter 5 The US and Japanese Economies, and Their Economic Relations in the 19th CenturyChapter 6 Imperialism in East Asia and the Japanese and American Responses.Chapter 7 Friction and Cooperation between Japan and the United States in the 1910s and Early 1920sChapter 8 US-Japanese Immigration DisputesChapter 9 The Economies of the US and Japan in the Early Decades of the 20th CenturyChapter 10 Foreign Investments in the US and Japan and by the US and Japan in the Pre-WWII PeriodChapter 11 The New China and the PowersChapter 12 The Great Depression, the Impasse in China, and the Road to MukdenChapter 13 Developments after the Mukden ExplosionChapter 14 Japan’s Militarism, War with China, and the US PositionChapter 15 US and Japanese Economies, Their Economic Policies, and Their Trade Relations in the 1930sChapter 16 Japan, the United States, and China on the Eve of the Pacific War