Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: "To Demonstrate Our Power To Aid Civilization" The Meaning of Japan's Intervention in Siberia -- 1: "A Delicious Stew": Entropy and Plurality in Japanese Politics, 1890-1917 -- 2: "There is No Reason Not to Oppose It": Debating Intervention, December 1917-June 1918 -- 3: "The Seiyūkai Will Greatly Contribute to the Fate of the Empire": Intervention and the Rise of the Hara Cabinet, July-November 1918 -- 4: "International Democracy Cannot Exist in Opposition to Democracy at Home": The Rise and Fall of "Allied" Intervention, November 1918-December 1919 -- 5: "The Army Minister's Head Must be Placed on the Chopping Block First": The Transition to Unilateral Intervention, January-August 1920 -- 6: "Indefinitely Stationing Troops is Harmful and Unproductive": Towards Withdrawal "In Principle," September 1920-May 1921 -- 7: "Oh, Meaningless Intervention!": A Year of Drift, June 1921 - June 1922 -- 8: "Who Must Take Responsibility for This Crime?": Withdrawal and Reckoning the Cost of Intervention, June-November 1922 -- Conclusion: "A Situation in Which We Can Only Come Out Losers": The Siberian Intervention and the Evolution of Imperial Japan -- Bibliography -- Index -- About the Author.