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Snow on the pine : Japan's quest for a leadership role in Asia / Kyoko Hatakeyama, Craig F. Freedman.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Hatakeyama, Kyoko.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Leadership--Japan.
- Leadership.
- Japan--Foreign relations.
- Japan.
- Asia--Politics and government.
- Asia.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (512 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- Singapore ; Hackensack, N.J. : World Scientific, c2010.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- ""Snow on the Pine"" presents a compelling view of the Japanese foreign policy that runs counter to the common wisdom reducing Japan's post-war efforts to the pursuit of purely commercial interests. This book takes a new approach - the eventual Japanese defeat in the Second World War did not transform Japan into an exceptional state seeking only economic interests. Like any other nations, economic issues have always played a crucial role in policy decisions. However, this is but only one amongst the many interweaving threads determining foreign policy decisions. In the authors' eyes, Japan's
- Contents:
- pt. 1. A modern historical background
- pt. 2. The 1990's-case studies in diplomacy
- pt. 3. The economic and political context of Japanese foreign policy.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9786612761829
- 9781282761827
- 128276182X
- 9789814291002
- 9814291005
- OCLC:
- 671654991
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