Description: This fascinating book reveals the security relationships between Britain and Japan in the four decades leading up to the outbreak of war in December 1941.
Brief description: Panagiotis Dimitrakis is an historian and completed his PhD in War Studies at King's College London. He was educated at the Department of Mass Media and Communication of the University of Athens and received an MA in International Peace and Security from King's College London. His interests lie in the history of international diplomacy, intelligence and strategy. He lives in Athens, Greece and is a member of the UK Society of Authors.
Review Quotes: 'This fascinating book reveals the security relationships between Britain and Japan in the four decades leading up to the outbreak of war in December 1941. Although explaining the structures of the intelligence war upon which both sides were engaged during this period, it also reveals the otherwise poorly understood political and grand strategic dimensions of the relationship between the two countries, exposing to the light the long and sorry story (especially) of British failure to fully understand what was going on in Japan, and to act on it. This is a very well told story, and is heartily recommended for anyone interested in the long run up to Japan's adventures in the Pacific and south east Asia after 1941.'--Robert Lyman, author of A War of Empires: Japan, India, Burma and Britain, 1941-1945