The History of US-Japan Relations

Examining the 160-year relationship between America and Japan, this edited volumes deals in depth with the evolution of the relationship of these two nations on opposite sides of the Pacific, from the very first encounter in the early nineteenth century through the major international shifts in the post 9/11 era.

This book traces the emergence of Japan in the wake of the 1905 Russo-Japanese War and the development of U.S. policies toward East Asia at the turn of the century. It goes on to examine the impact of World War I upon Asia, the Washington Treaty System, the immigration issue and the gradual deterioration of US-Japan relations during the 1930s. It also deals with the difficult period of US-Japan relations in the Pacific War as well as the Occupation Period, and the country’s postwar resurgence, democratization and economic recovery, as well as the various challenges facing the current bilateral relationship as it further progresses into the twenty-first century. This is a must read for those interested in the history of this important relationship as well as for scholars of diplomatic history and international relations.

IOKIBE Makoto (Editor)
Iokibe Makoto, Ph.D. is Chancellor, Prefectural University of Kumamoto and President of the Hyogo Earthquake Memorial 21st Century Research Institute. He is also Professor Emeritus of Japanese political and diplomatic history, Kobe University and Former President, National Defense Academy of Japan.

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History

Publisher:
Palgrave Macmillan

Hardcover
GBP99.99
ISBN 9789811031830
210 mm x 148 mm / 368 pp. / March 2017

Softcover
GBP24.99
ISBN 9789811098109
210 mm x 148 mm / 368 pp. / March 2018

eBook
GBP19.99
ISBN 9789811031847 (ePub)
ISBN 9789811031854 (PDF)
March 2017

CONTENTS
Preface
Part I
1. America Encounters Japan, 1836–94 / 2. The Emergence of Japan on the Global Stage, 1895–1908 / 3. The Great War and Shifting Relations, 1909–19 / 4. The 1920s: The Washington Treaty System and the Immigration Issue / 5. The 1930s: Japan’s War with China and American Non-Recognition
Part II
6. The Pacific War and the Occupation of Japan, 1941–52 / 7. The 1950s: Pax Americana and Japan’s Postwar Resurgence / 8. The 1960s: Japan's Economic Rise and the Maturing of the Partnership / 9. The 1970s: Stresses on the Relationship / 10. The 1980s: The Decade of Neoliberalism / 11. The 1990s: From a Drifting Relationship to a Redefinition of the Alliance / 12. US-Japan Leadership in the Post-9/11 World
Afterword of the English Translation Edition
Acknowledgements
Chronology of Events
Bibliography
Index

“This is a wonderful book that provides a fresh perspective into the current state of US-Japan relations by placing it within the greater historical context of nearly two centuries of political and diplomatic interactions between the two nations across the Pacific.”

Watanabe Akio

“Now in its thirteenth printing in Japan, this is an extraordinary history of US-Japan political, diplomatic, economic, and military exchange. Penned by a who’s who of Japanese specialists of US-Japan relations, the volume offers the first truly bi-national overview of almost two hundred years of trans-Pacific ties, one that is equally sensitive to developments in Washington and Tokyo and that highlights a striking mutual dependence dating to the nineteenth century. Students of Asia, Japan, the Pacific War, and US-Japan relations would do well to begin their examination of trans-Pacific cooperation and conflict with this one volume.”

Frederick R. Dickinson

ペリー来航から今日にいたる160余年の日米関係には、挫折や破局もあったが、それを超えての立派な前進と業績があった。20世紀のうちに「世界で最も重要な二国間関係」とすら語られるまでに成熟した日米関係は、21世紀に入りどのような航路をたどってゆくであろうか。それは、両国のみならず、アジア・太平洋地域と世界全体の境遇をも大きく左右するであろう。

日本とアメリカの政治外交を専門とする歴史家や国際政治学者18人のチームが、3年にわたる共同研究において各章につき検討を重ね、その上で系統だった記述にすべく編者が全章を通して調整を行った、一貫性ある日米関係の決定版通史。英語版刊行に際し、2001年から2015年までを扱う章を追加した。

五百旗頭 真
防衛大学校長・神戸大学名誉教授(日本政治外交史専攻)、法学博士。

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