books.google.com - This book, the first full account of Japan s financial history and the Japanese gold standard in the pivotal years before World War II, provides a new perspective on the global political dynamics of the era by placing Japan, rather than Europe, at the center of the story. Focusing on the fall of liberalism...http://books.google.com/books/about/Lever_of_Empire.html?id=NRHlkwQ0JH4C&utm_source=gb-gplus-shareLever of Empire
