文摘
In the interwar period Japan’s foreign policy changed profoundly. Whereas during the 1920s Japan had contributed to the stabilization of the status quo, it aggressively challenged the established order in the following decade. This momentous shift cannot be explained by economic bottlenecks that might have arrested Japan’s further development and thus could have motivated revisionist policies. Instead, it was caused by a growing feeling that Japan was denied the status that national elites deemed its due.