ABSTRACT
‘You had an Alliance with us on Sunday; you broke it on Monday and started a Base on Tuesday. Surely the inference is obvious that you no longer trust us.’ 1 The words were spoken by a Japanese general, known for his pro-British views, to the returning British military attaché to Tokyo in 1922. The termination of the Anglo-Japanese Alliance, carried out by a British Government which felt compelled to choose between the USA and Japan, deeply wounded Japanese susceptibilities.
