Beschreibung:
During half a century after the war Japan's economy was built up from scratch to the world's number two, while its foreign policy has been described by many as passive and even verging on being non-existent. As a contrast, this study evinces how the foundations of Japan's foreign policy were laid in the early postwar period, and how postwar policies have been characterized by pervasive continuity, guided by distinct national goals and expressed in clear-cut national role conceptions.
Studies different prime ministers and compares their foreign policies in an 'easy-to-understand' way
List of Tables Acknowledgements A Note on Names and Transcription Introduction To Restore and Reconstruct; Yoshida Shigeru, Ashida Hitoshi, Katayama Tetsu The Prewar Leftover with a Postwar Mission; Hatoyama Ichir¿e Failure of Brilliance; Kishi Nobusuke The International Cold Warrior; Ikeda Hayato The Cautious and Discreet Prime Minister; Sat¿saku The Computerised Bulldozer on the International Stage; Tanaka Kakuei A Liberal Turning Realist ; Miki Takeo A Visionary Arch-conservative; Fukuda Takeo Turning the Tide; Ohira Masayoshi The Harmony Man on the Slippery Slope; Suzuki Zenk¿e Symbolic Statesman; Nakasone Yasuhiro A Local Politician on the Global Stage; Takeshita Noboru Hope and Uncertainty; Kaifu Toshiki Full Circle; Miyazawa Kiichi Japan's Evolving Foreign Policy Doctrine Footnotes Bibliography Index