Prime Ministers of Postwar Japan, 1945–1995

Their Lives and Times

Inbunden, Engelska, 2016

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This book examines the lives and times of Japan’s postwar prime ministers, covering the period from 1945 to 1995. Written by Japan’s leading scholars, it is the first English-language biographical portrait of these twenty-three individuals who helped lead Japan on its road to recovery, its return to the community of nations, and its subsequent prosperity. Each chapter brings out, to varying degrees, the larger political and historical environment, party dynamics, and personality traits of the prime ministers. In addition, the book discusses not only the policy choices the prime ministers made, but how those decisions were made and what the consequences were for the country, ruling party, and the individual who made them. The Prime Ministers of Postwar Japan, 1945–1995 fills a large void in the literature on postwar Japan by introducing the actual people who made the decisions during these important years, rather than simply discussing the theories and institutions in which those decisions were made.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2016-04-29
Mått:163 x 233 x 35 mm
Vikt:758 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:404
Förlag:Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
ISBN:9781498510011
Översättare:Robert D. Eldridge

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AkioWatanabe is vice chairman of the Research Institute for Peace and Security.Robert D. Eldridge is former associate professor of Japanese political and diplomatic history at Osaka University.

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The Prime Ministers of Postwar Japan, 1945–1995 is a collection of short and polished biographies of twenty-three prime ministers of post-World War II Japan written by highly respected leading scholars. This book provides the best guidance for understanding the various difficult choices they faced and for understanding postwar Japanese history.

Innehållsförteckning

Supervising Translator’s PrefacePreface to the English EditionPreface to the Original Japanese VersionChapter 1: Higashikuni Naruhiko: A Liberalist in the Imperial Family, Hatano SumioChapter 2: Shidehara Kijuro: His “Final Public Duty” and the Draft Constitution, Amakawa AkiraChapter 3: Yoshida Shigeru: A Master of Situational Thinking, Watanabe AkioChapter 4: Katayama Tetsu: The First Batter under the New Constitution, Fumio FukunagaChapter 5: Ashida Hitoshi: The Intellectual and Cultured Man as Politician, Masuda HiroshiChapter 6: Hatoyama Ichiro: A Tenacious Attachment to the Restoration of Relations with the Soviet Union and Constitutional Revision, Yamamuro KentokuChapter 7: Ishibashi Tanzan: A Coherent Liberal Thinker, Inoki TakenoriChapter 8: Kishi Nobusuke: Frustrated Ambition, Kitaoka ShinichiChapter 9: Ikeda Hayato: The Man Who Created “The Economic Era,” Nakamura TakafusaChapter 10: Sato Eisaku: The Truth about “The Politics of Waiting,” Kosaka MasatakaChapter 11: Tanaka