Historical Dictionary of Japanese Foreign Policy
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Biografisk notat
Mayako Shimamoto is currently an independent scholar. Her current interests cover US atomic diplomacy in the early Cold War, postwar nuclear energy issues in US-Japan relations, and Japan’s present-day nuclear policy. She continues to do research on these subjects, while giving talks at universities either in Japan or abroad.
Koji Ito is a PhD student of American history at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. His major works include “The Price of National Prestige: An Interpretation of the Japan-US Confrontation over Hawaii at the Turn of the Century,” American Review, Vol. 46 (March, 2012), 33-50, and “Politics in the Dark: An Interpretation of the Japan-US War Crisis over Hawaii in 1897,” Doshisha American Studies Supplement, Vol. 20 (April 2013), 53-72.
Yoneyuki Sugita is professor of American history at Osaka University. His major works include "US Strategic Preference for Securing Military Bases and Impact of Japanese Financial Community on Constrained Rearmament in Japan, 1945-1954," in Peter N. Stearns ed., Demilitarization in the Contemporary World (Champaign: University of Illinois Press, 2013); Pitfall or Panacea: The Irony of US Power in Occupied Japan, 1945-1952 (New York: Routledge, 2003).
This reference book written by three scholars affiliated with Osaka University in Japan is intended for general audiences. Entries are relatively short, with cross-references bolded in the text or placed at the end. . . .The introduction provides a decent overview of foreign relations starting in 1543, although the book's focus is the late Tokugawa period from the mid-19th century through the 20th century. . . .[T]here is a general chronology and a listing of prime ministers, foreign ministers, and even vice foreign ministers. . . .For libraries collecting comprehensively.
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This book would be of most use in libraries serving users who are studying Japanese foreign policy at a basic level, especially those on courses that have the same approach to the subject as its authors.
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Editor’s Foreword Jon Woronoff
Preface
Acronyms and Abbreviations
Chronology
Map
Photos
Introduction
THE DICTIONARY
Appendix A Japanese Prime Ministers
Appendix B Japanese Foreign Ministers
Appendix C Japanese Vice Foreign Ministers
Bibliography
About the Authors
There is a lot to like about Scarecrow's various Historical Dictionaries series. -Booklist There are three basic categories in this series, although they are all closely related to one another. One sub-series traces American diplomacy by historical periods, showing how it evolved over time, and another focuses on United States relations with specific countries or regions, such as Great Britain, Russia, China, Japan or the Middle East. The third, still emerging, deals with foreign relations within specific crucial regions. Given its coverage, the books in this series should sometimes be accompanied by reading from other series such as country volumes on the states involved, intelligence and counter-intelligence to uncover some of the dirty tricks, and also war for cases which have gone badly wrong. As for the other series, the format is the same, with a list of acronyms (all too abundant here), a chronology and a broad introductory essay. Then comes the main portion, the -dictionary,+ with several hundred cross-referenced entries on significant players such as presidents, prime ministers and foreign ministers, the main causes and issues, the institutions involved in making and carrying out foreign policy, and major achievements such as treaties or international organizations and assorted crises and, in the worst case, conflicts and wars. Appendixes provide more detailed information and the bibliography allows readers to follow up on specific interests.
Series Editor: Jon Woronoff
Produktdetaljer
Biografisk notat
Mayako Shimamoto is currently an independent scholar. Her current interests cover US atomic diplomacy in the early Cold War, postwar nuclear energy issues in US-Japan relations, and Japan’s present-day nuclear policy. She continues to do research on these subjects, while giving talks at universities either in Japan or abroad.
Koji Ito is a PhD student of American history at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. His major works include “The Price of National Prestige: An Interpretation of the Japan-US Confrontation over Hawaii at the Turn of the Century,” American Review, Vol. 46 (March, 2012), 33-50, and “Politics in the Dark: An Interpretation of the Japan-US War Crisis over Hawaii in 1897,” Doshisha American Studies Supplement, Vol. 20 (April 2013), 53-72.
Yoneyuki Sugita is professor of American history at Osaka University. His major works include "US Strategic Preference for Securing Military Bases and Impact of Japanese Financial Community on Constrained Rearmament in Japan, 1945-1954," in Peter N. Stearns ed., Demilitarization in the Contemporary World (Champaign: University of Illinois Press, 2013); Pitfall or Panacea: The Irony of US Power in Occupied Japan, 1945-1952 (New York: Routledge, 2003).