Conflict and Amity in East Asia
Subtitle: Essays in Honour of Ian Nish
Contributors: Peter Lowe (Editor)
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Published: October 1992
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 204
ISBN-13: 9780333545393
Subjects: Asian / Middle Eastern history: c 1500 to c 1900; Asian / Middle Eastern history: from c 1900 -; European history: Second World War; International relations; East Asia, Far East; Europe; c 1800 to c 1900; Diplomatic History; 20th century; Foreign countries; History; Japan; Relations; Politics/International Relations
Description: This volume examines key issues within international relations in East Asia between the end of the first Sino-Japanese war in 1895 and the present, with particular reference to the role of Japan. The principal theme concerns conflict and amity in Japan's relations with other powers as reflected in developments culminating in the Pacific war (1941-45) and in the repercussions of the war for the ensuing pattern of relations from 1945 to the present.

The authors are colleagues or students of Ian Nish who has made outstanding pioneering contributions in fostering the study of Japan within international relations, and the volume is in honour of Ian Nish on the occasion of his retirement from the London School of Economics. It is a timely reminder of the rivalries that led to the outbreak of the Pacific war in December 1941, and of the struggle for a more stable order to accommodate Japan as an outstanding economic power.