Historiography Flashcards
Who thought that Italy’s invasion of Abyssinia was an effort to draw attention away from domestic problems?
Italian realpolitik historían Renzo de felice
Who blames the Cold War on the USA and claims that America’s desire for markets and free trade drove the containment policy?
American revisionist William Appleman Williams
What do Orthodox USA historians believe about Japanese expansion?
The war started in 1937 with Marco Polo Bridge Incident
Pearl Harbor is evidence that Japan is the aggressor
What do R-wing Japanese historians believe about pre-WWI Japanese expansion?
Japan was freeing Asia from Western exploitation
Japan was forced into war by USA oil embargo
Rape of Nanking was a fiction (extreme)
What do USA revisionists think about pre-WWI Japanese expansion?
Japan was trying to purge the Pacific if Western corruption
Because the USA didn’t react to Japan’s actions in the 1930s, it encouraged the Japanese
Roosevelt knew about Pearl Harbor in advance
What do L-wing Italian historians think about Italian expansion?
Mussolini was overly aggressive
What do R-wing Italian historians think about Italian expansion?
Italy didn’t have large-scale expansionist plans
Italy pursued the “policy of the pendulum” by making both sides pay for its help one after the other
What did Revisionist historían Boyle claim about Japanese pre-WWII expansion?
Roosevelt knew about Pearl Harbor in advance but didn’t take action so as to “ensure a successful surprise attack on the US fleet”
What does AJP Taylor think about Italian expansion?
Mussolini was hoping G would leave Austria alone, allowing M to pit F and G against each other and gain concessions from both. Plan failed because G went after Austria
What did L-wing Japanese historians think about Japanese expansion?
The Pacific War started with the Mukden Incident
The militarist capitalist clique is responsible
The masses were indoctrinated by pre-war education
Who believes that Mussolini was able to discard caution in the 1930s to obtain Italy’s goals and that the invasion of Abyssinia was an ideological move
American orthodox historian MacGregor Knox
What does Gerhard Schreiber think about Italian expansion?
M only pursued expansion to build up domestic morale, but he became a slave to his promise that he would turn Italy into a Fascist Empire
Who believes that both superpowers in the Cold War overestimated each other’s strength?
American post-revisionist John Gaddis
Who thought that hitler was an opportunist who accidentally started war?
British revisionist AJP Taylor
Who believed that the personality of leaders and perceptions of intentions started wars and that the aggressor always loses?
American post-revisionist Arthur Schlessinger
