Transpacific Field of Dreams: How Baseball Linked the United States and Japan in Peace and War
"A valuable contribution. . . . Would be a useful addition to the reading lists for senior undergraduates and graduate students studying international relations in the Asia Pacific, East Asian history, and comparative sports studies."--Review of Politics"A valuable contribution to the history of globalization and U.S.-Japanese relations. It adds significantly to our growing understanding of the central role that sport can and has played, often beyond formal arrangements, in diplomacy and international relations."--Diplomatic History"Transpacific Field of Dreamsoffers a compelling narrative. . . . This book is well worth reading."--Journal of Japanese Studies"A fascinating, evocative, and highly readable work that fulfills the promise of "sports history" by illuminating the real significance that ideologies and imaginations of baseball had for the United States and Japan during these crucial moments of modern history."--American Historical Review"A thorough, excellently researched . . . and professionally competent effort that will help other scholars."--Journal of American History"Highly recommended. Lower-division undergraduates through faculty; general readers."--Choice"Exhaustively researched. . . . This is a well-written book."--The Wall Street Journal"An impressively researched contribution to the study of baseball's globalization."--Library Journal