British Diplomats, Bakufu and Japanese Civil War: friends or foes

• Main Author: Fathil, Fauziah
• Format: Conference or Workshop Item
• Language: English
• Published: 2014
• Subjects: H Social Sciences (General); JZ International relations
• Online Access: http://irep.iium.edu.my/50051/17/50051new.pdf; http://irep.iium.edu.my/50051/; http://gcbss.org/past_gcbss/gcbss-proceeding.html

Being the most dominant foreign power in nineteenth century Japan, Britain is often believed to have been behind the rise and eventual success of anti-Bakufu movement in a war against Tokugawa Shogunate. Britain, as argued by some, had indirectly supported the anti-Bakufu forces leading to the colla...