Agony of Choice

副标题: Matsuoka Yosuke and the Rise and Fall of the Japanese Empire, 1880-1946

ISBN: 9780739104583

出版社: Rowman & Littlefield Pub Inc

出版年: 2003

页数: 328

定价: USD 91.50

装帧: Hardcover

内容简介

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 of Japanese expansionism in echo of 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. Through extensive archival research and fascinating personal interviews, David Lu explores Matsuoka's pivotal role in the drama of Japan's withdrawal from the League of Nations, empire-building in Asia, and the development of interwar Japanese politics.

作者简介

David J. Lu is Emeritus Professor of History and Japanese Studies at Bucknell University. He is the author of a number of works on Japan including Japan: A Documentary History (1997).

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