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Thcrc was thc "Against·Onc·Nation Milicary Operation" doccrine which the
navy rcgarded as absolucely necessary, coupled wich che concepr of achieving a n a val
build-up equal co 70% of rhe U.S. Navy.
There wcre the minimum condicions required co achieve a realisdc defensive
naval Cllpabilicy. Howcver, che progress of rh e inrernadonal siruadon di d nor allow
Japan cirhcr the dme, or che means. co fulfìll rhese condiùons.
Thercforc, Japan, bcing forced co cope wich a leading world power with ics
small resources and divided military scracegies, could not help bue fail co accom·
plish its nacional objectives.
l e2n noc hdp bue regard rhis was also inevicable, as Navy Captai n Tetsucaroh
Sa co h ha d forewarned of su eh a failure in the conduding pan of his book entitled
"Discussion on the H iscory of lmpedal Defense". ln chis warning he wroce that
che "Docrrine of both Flanks", whose ai m was co make Japan a Land·power and
Sea·power at the same cime, would narurally end up in failure, for as he stressed
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NOTES

(l) G.S. Tan~k3, ZllikPfrlaiJIII'Oim. Notes by G . Tanab.
(2) The ddinition o( Seapower from the OlCford Dictionary: A nation having an impor·
cane navy of great influence on che sea. The definidon oflandpower from the Webuer Diction·
ary: A natioo having grear milir:ary suengrh on land.
(3) T. Saroh.Tné.lk.o- K1h bohshitYJn, Discussion on che Hiscory of Imperia! Dcfcnsc, p. 870,
p. 874.
(4) t6ul., p. 470.
(5) S. Tang1, Shiw TlltiHiyDh Swoh. Privare View oo che Pac:ifoc War. p. Il.
(6) S. Ohsho, Datl»nu Ka1gll1lbll Rurgohlan1ai {l) Kai.Jromadt. Naval secrion in rhc lmpcr1al
Headquancr & The Combined Flctt (l) Before che oucbreak of war. Vol. 91. p. 118.
(7) G.D. Kohbuin, Gt11mih11jid)()h Kohjllfllllfl Oboegaki. }..fcmorandum of Drafr Staremenc
of che Vice Ouef of che Generai Sta !T in 1924.
(8) M . Kudoh. Nil;c11 Katglln 11 TaibuyJJhwmh. Japaoese Navy and che Pacific War, Vol.
l, p. 70.
(9) S. T ohgoh,Jitiai "" Sok11mt11, Nor<S Dy Shigcnori T ohgoh, 1952, p. 98.
(IO) G . Daiichika, 7tlltokll Kokuboh~Jin 7ul:dkll Y1hhrikoh~h leanl:~ilsu:llf'i, The File of l m·
pcrial Dd'ense Pohcy & Imperia! Defen5e Guiddine.
(I l) G. Oaiichika. Sh~u:a jllJtrllntnM Trikaku Kaigun Sakusm ktiktlku Gmtsu111tÌ SiryDh. {Ex·
planato ry Materta on che Imperia! Navy Op.,.ra<ion Pian in che FY 1938).
(12) T . Sacoh, op. ri1., p. 875.