HIST 2057 Chapter : From Isolationism To Global War
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From isolationism to global war, part i 3/19/2012 6:41:00 pm. Us wants to trade with other countries, don"t want to be completely isolated, but don"t want much to do with other countries in terms of foreign affairs. Each navy would have a domain in world"s ocean: only need a navy to control their domain, don"t need a large one to control the whole ocean, navies reduced in size. Us w. hemisphere (largest), great britain, End up destroying a lot of their ships: 4 power treaty. Agree that they will try to maintain their holdings and not expand: 9 power treaty. War clouds: asia, kuomintang (chinese national party, same group that started the boxer rebellion, strongest in s. china and spreads into more n. regions, problem of spreading of nationalism: N. regions conflict with japan, soviet union, etc: railways, factories, etc, begin attacking foreign businesses, manchuria incident, japan invades and occupies manchuria, claim they are liberating manchuria from chinese control.
