The remarkable history of Japan-US relations / Kōsaka Masataka ; translated by Terry Gallagher.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Kōsaka, Masataka, 1934-1996, author.

高坂正堯, 1934-1996, author.

Contributor:

Gallagher, Terry, 1956- translator.

Series:

Japan library (Shuppan Bunka Sangyō Shinkō Zaidan)

Japan Library

Standardized Title:

Fushigi no Nichi-Bei kankeishi. English

不思議の日米関係史. English http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no2019083865

Language:

English

Japanese

Subjects (All):

United States--Foreign relations--Japan.

United States.

International relations.

Japan.

Japan--Foreign relations--United States.

United States--Foreign relations--1865-.

Japan--Foreign relations--1600-1868.

Japan--Foreign relations--1868-.

Physical Description:

xvi, 170 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.

Edition:

First English edition.

Other Title:

Remarkable history of Japan - United States relations

Place of Publication:

Tokyo, Japan : Japan Publishing Industry Foundation for Culture, 2019.

Summary:

After the Pacific War, bitter enemies Japan and the United States became fast friends and allies. Most observers in the West believe Japan's attack on Pearl Harbor was unprovoked, but what had led Japan to take such action? The arrival of American "black ships" in Japan in 1853 was one cause of the fall of the Shogunate and the restoration of imperial power little more than a decade later. That set Japan on the road to international expansion in imitation of Western imperial powers. This book recounts this saga through the Russo-Japanese War and Japanese expansion in Manchuria, to the brink of war with the United States.--adapted from publisher's description.

Contents:

America and the whaling ships

Perry and Harris

Civilization versus bigotry

The state of the world around the time of the Meiji Restoration

The United States and the Iwakura Mission

The long road to treaty revision

The passion of the educator

Two countries bound together by silk

Discord following the Russo-Japanese War

Behind the scenes as the movement to exclude Japan heats up

Standoff in Manchuria

Old diplomacy, new diplomacy

Expansionism, driven by necessity.

Notes:

Originally published in Japan by PHP Institute, Inc., 1996.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 167-170)

ISBN:

9784916055774

4916055772

OCLC:

1091358270