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Category : World War, 1939-1945
Languages : en
Pages : 36
Book Description
Oxford Pamphlets on World Affairs: Japan and the modern world
Author: Oxford Pamphlets on World Affairs
Author: Pamphlets on World Affairs
Author: Information Notes
Author: National Planning and Strategy
Author: United States. War Department. LibraryPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Geopolitics
Languages : en
Pages : 388
Book Description
Consolidated Review of Current Information
Author: United States. Department of the Treasury. LibraryPublisher:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 180
Book Description
National Planning and Strategy, a Working Bibliography for the Educational Systems of Officers in the Army
Author: United States. War Department. LibraryPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 394
Book Description
The Far East ...
Author: Royal Institute of International Affairs. Information DepartmentPublisher:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 52
Book Description
Index to the Correspondence of the Foreign Office
Author: Great Britain. Foreign OfficePublisher:
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Category : Great Britain
Languages : en
Pages : 816
Book Description
Edwin O. Reischauer and the American Discovery of Japan
Author: George R. PackardPublisher: Columbia University Press
ISBN: 0231512775
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 377
Book Description
In 1961, President Kennedy named Edwin O. Reischauer the U.S. Ambassador to Japan. Already deeply intimate with the country, Reischauer hoped to establish a more equal partnership with Japan, which had long been maligned in the American imagination. Reischauer pushed his fellow citizens to abandon caricature and stereotype and recognize Japan as a peace-loving democracy. Though his efforts were often condemned for being "too soft," the immensity of his influence (and the truth of his arguments) can be felt today. Having worked as Reischauer's special assistant in Tokyo, George R. Packard writes the definitive and first biography of this rare, charismatic talent. Reischauer reset the balance between two powerful nations. During World War II, he analyzed intelligence and trained American codebreakers in Japanese. He helped steer Japan toward democracy and then wrote its definitive English-language history. Reischauer's scholarship supplied the foundations for future East Asian disciplines, and his prescient research foretold America's missteps with China and involvement in Vietnam. At the time of his death in 1990, Reischauer warned the U.S. against adopting an attitude toward Asia that was too narrow and self-centered. India, Pakistan, and North Korea are now nuclear powers, and Reischauer's political brilliance has become more necessary and trenchant than ever.