Two Hungry Giants : The United States and Japan in the Quest for Oil and Ores / Raymond Vernon.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Vernon, Raymond, author.

Series:

Publications Written Under the Auspices of the Center for International Affairs, Harvard University

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Competition, International.

Japan--Foreign economic relations--United States.

Raw materials.

United States--Foreign economic relations--Japan.

Local Subjects:

Competition, International.

Japan--Foreign economic relations--United States.

Raw materials.

United States--Foreign economic relations--Japan.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (167 p.)

Edition:

Reprint 2014

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, MA : Harvard University Press, [2014]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This is the first book that explores the relationship between the United States and Japan in terms of the competition for industrial raw materials. With startling consistency, their responses to similar problems appear to stem from each country's history and culture, almost as if the country had no choice but to pursue the policy selected. Vernon suggests that in this field of policy, political leaders are prisoners of their national environment more than anyone--including the leaders themselves--has been prepared to recognize. Examining in turn the world markets in oil, aluminum, copper, and steel, Vernon shows how Japan has learned to cope with its have-not status, using flexible and inventive national policies designed to help industries acquire what they need. The United States, on the other hand, lacking an explicit and consistent national policy, is torn between protecting domestic producers of these resources and trying to develop dependable sources of supplies abroad. The result is a haphazard and unstable raw-materials policy. This unique commingling of political and economic analysis will appeal not only to scholars of international relations, domestic political behavior, and commodity markets but also to the informed layman who wishes to understand what is likely to happen as two economic superpowers range the world to satisfy their appetites for raw materials.

Contents:

Frontmatter

PREFACE

CONTENTS

1. PARTNERS OR RIVALS

2. THE WORLD OIL MARKET IN TRANSITION

3. CHANGING WORLD MARKETS IN MINERALS AND METALS

4. AMERICAN PRINCIPLES AND PRACTICES

5. JAPAN'S INSTITUTIONS AND PRACTICES

6. FEEDING THE GIANTS

APPENDIX. NOTES. INDEX

APPENDIX: Statistics on the Importation and Consumption of Raw Materials

NOTES

INDEX

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 23. Mai 2019)

ISBN:

0-674-41873-5

OCLC:

1013945894