Agony of Choice
Subtitle: Matsuoka Yosuke and the Rise and Fall of the Japanese Empire, 1880-1946 (Studies of Modern Japan)
Publisher: Lexington Books
Published: January 2003
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 328
ISBN-13: 9780739104583
Subjects: Asian / Middle Eastern history: Second World War; History; History - General History; History: World; General; History / General; Asia - Japan; 1880-1946; 1912-1945; Biography; Foreign relations; Japan; Matsuoka, Yosuke,; Matsuoka, Yåosuke,; Statesmen
Description: "Agony of Choice, the life of Japanese statesman and diplomat Matsuoka Yosuke, offers a vivid narrative of twentieth-century Japanese diplomatic history. Matsuoka was an American-educated Japanese foreign minister who became a vocal advocate for Japanese expansionism, echoing the America he so admired.

His promotion of alliances and relationships with countries such as Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union, however, not only led Japan to war with the United States, but also led to Matsuoka's involvement with and eventual indictment for atrocities committed during the war."--BOOK JACKET.