The Japanese Wartime Empire, 1931-1945With this book the editors complete the three volume series on modern Japanese colonialism and imperialism that began with The Japanese Colonial Empire, 1895 1945 (Princeton, 1983) and The Japanese Informal Empire in China, 1895 1937 (Princeton, 1989). The Japanese military takeover in Manchuria between 1931 and 1932 was a critical turning point in East Asian history. It marked the first surge of Japanese aggression beyond the boundaries of its older