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The Pursuit of Power in Modern Japan 1825–1995

Online ISBN:
9780191676840
Print ISBN:
9780198205890
Publisher:
Oxford University Press
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The Pursuit of Power in Modern Japan 1825–1995

Chushichi Tsuzuki
Chushichi Tsuzuki

Professor of International Relations

International University of Japan, Tokyo
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Published:
13 April 2000
Online ISBN:
9780191676840
Print ISBN:
9780198205890
Publisher:
Oxford University Press

Abstract

This history of modern Japan covers its transformation from a small country on the fringe of international politics to the major world power it is today. The book traces Japan's pursuit of power, first by military and then by economic means, from her attempts to replace China at the centre of the Confucian Middle Kingdom; through the Meiji nationalist response to the inroads of 19th century western imperialism; and on to the post-war US-Japanese alliance powering the economic miracle of the last half of the 20th century. The book examines Japan's political, intellectual, and industrial development throughout the last two centuries, with special attention given to the wars that were fought, and argues that the history of Japan's modernization was closely linked to the growth of Japan's own imperialism. The book goes on to show how some of the factors that contributed to remaking Japan as an economic giant have also been responsible for her recent economic and political difficulties.

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