William D. Hoover

K. K. Kawakami and U.S.-Japan Relations

The Forty-Year Road to Pearl Harbor

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Produktbeschreibung

U.S.-Japan relations occupy an important position in international affairs. This book analyzes the writings of Japanese journalist K. K. Kawakami to provide insight into the decline of U.S.-Japan relations from 1901 to 1941. His writings do much to help us understand the reasons behind the clash at Pearl Harbor.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Lexington Books
• Seitenzahl: 352
• Erscheinungstermin: 19. September 2023
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 25mm
• Gewicht: 722g
• ISBN-13: 9781666915198
• ISBN-10: 166691519X
• Artikelnr.: 67990591

Autorenporträt

William D. Hoover has been a recipient of National Defense Language, Fulbright, and Japan Foundation fellowships. Prior to his retirement he was a visiting professor at the University of Michigan and at Bowling Green State University as well as a visiting researcher at the University of Tokyo and Aoyama Gakuin University. He offered a "Seminar on Teaching about Asia" for the National Consortium for Teaching about Asia on several occasions. For 15 years, he served as chair of the History Department at the University of Toledo.

Inhaltsangabe

Chapter One: The Historical Setting of Japanese-American Relations
Chapter Two: Kawakami's Japanese Roots and the Lure of America, 1873-1901
Chapter Three: Kawakami Analyzes the Beginnings of Tension between Japan
and America, 1901-13
Chapter Four: World War I and Expanding Japan-US Controversies, 1914-1919
Chapter Five: Growing Problems in US-Japan Relations, 1919-1921
Chapter Six: Kawakami Describes Uplifting Factors but Sees Shadows in
Japanese-American Relations, 1921-1930
Chapter Seven: Kawakami Confronts Declining Japanese-American Relations,
1931-1937
Chapter Eight: Kawakami's Dream of Amiable Japanese-American Relations
Crushed, 1937-1941
Chapter Nine: The United States Exerts Economic Pressure in Attempt to
Reign in Japan
Epilogue