The remarkable history of Japan-US relations
By: Kōsaka Masataka ; translated by Terry Gallagher
Contributors: Gallagher, Terry, 1956- translator
Edition: First English edition.
Series: Japan Library; Japan library (Shuppan Bunka Sangyō Shinkō Zaidan)
Publisher: Japan Publishing Industry Foundation for Culture
Published: 2019
Place of publication: Tokyo, Japan
Language: eng
Number of pages: 170
ISBN-13: 9784916055774
Copyright date: 2019
Subjects: Foreign relations; Internationale Politik
Other titles: Remarkable history of Japan - United States relations
Work titles: Fushigi no Nichi-Bei kankeishi
Description: 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.
Notes: Originally published in Japan by PHP Institute, Inc., 1996.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 167-170)
Table of contents: title: America and the whaling ships; title: Perry and Harris; title: Civilization versus bigotry; title: The state of the world around the time of the Meiji Restoration; title: The United States and the Iwakura Mission; title: The long road to treaty revision; title: The passion of the educator; title: Two countries bound together by silk; title: Discord following the Russo-Japanese War; title: Behind the scenes as the movement to exclude Japan heats up; title: Standoff in Manchuria; title: Old diplomacy, new diplomacy; title: Expansionism, driven by necessity.