Journal of Church and State, June 22nd, 1999
The influence of American missionaries on the foreign policies of Japan and the United States before World War II is discussed. Issues include the missionaries' pursuit of international justice in East Asia during Japanese expansion in China and the lack of response by other nations.
Although the importance of the American missionary, once "the invisible man [and woman] of American history,"(1) has begun to materialize with the publication of numerous books and articles in recent years, lacuna in the field remain, particularly for the years preceding World War II. As the historian Daniel Bays...
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