Greetings, esteemed historians,

I am a student of Territorial studies, which is preoccupied with social sciences, philosophy, history, international relations and, most of all, history. To become a scholar I must complete my own thesis, the subject of which you can see in the title of this thread.

I am not well-versed in Japanese yet, and as such I cannot properly browse and cite Japanese sources for that matter. As for American literature, I have found several books and entries in the governmental archives which I believe will further my understanding of the issue.

The topics and issues I am most concerned are - the diplomatic correspondence between the countries (the thesis itself is limited by the Pearl Harbour attack of the 1941), diaries of crucial diplomats and politicians for that time (thankfully, several of them are present as parts of the national archive, but only for the U.S.A. side), public attitude to the diplomatic excesses and governmental reaction to them (newspaper articles regarding certain events or long-standing development, for example Panay incident, Mukden incident, Nanjing "incident") and official documents, of both countries, concerning the period and available online.

As such, I would like to ask others who frequent this part of the internet, to recommend me decent, almost academic literature (preferably from the Japanese side of things) which could provide me with new knowledge needed to finish the thesis. I am most grateful and thank you in advance.

Best regards,