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Informationen zum Autor Edited by Akio Watanabe - Translated by Robert D. Eldridge - Contributions by Akira Amakawa; Haruhiro Fukui; Fukunaga Fumio; Sumio Hatano; Takeshi Igarashi; Takenori Inoki; Jun Io; Makoto Iokibe; Shinichi Kitaoka; Masataka Kosaka; Ikuo Kume; Atsushi Kusan Klappentext This book examines the life and times of the postwar Japanese prime ministers from 1945 to 1995. Written by Japan's leading scholars, it is the first biographical portrait in English 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. Zusammenfassung This book examines the life and times of the postwar Japanese prime ministers from 1945 to 1995. Written by Japan’s leading scholars, it is the first biographical portrait in English 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. Inhaltsverzeichnis 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 Kij¿r¿: 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 Ichir¿: 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: Sat¿ Eisaku: The Truth about "The Politics of Waiting," K¿saka MasatakaChapter 11: Tanaka Kakuei: The Arrival of Development Politics, Mikuriya TakashiChapter 12: Miki Takeo: Politics of Conviction and Public Opinion, Shinkawa ToshimitsuChapter 13: Fukuda Takeo: Winner in Policy, Loser in Politics, Iokibe MakotoChapter 14: ¿hira Masayoshi: The One Who Raised the Issue of Deficit Politics, Muramatsu MichioChapter 15: Suzuki Zenk¿: The Politician Sought by Power, Tanaka Zenichir¿Chapter 16: Nakasone Yasuhiro: The Appearance of a Presidential Prime Minister, Kusano AtsushiChapter 17: Takeshita Nobur¿: A Conservative Politician's Melancholy, Kume IkuoChapter 18: Uno S¿suke: A Symbol of the Liberal Democratic Party's Unsoundness, Kume IkuoChapter 19: Kaifu Toshiki: Fatalistic Weakness, Fukui HaruhiroChapter 20: Miyazawa Kiichi: The Last Leader of the Main Line of Conservatives, Igarashi TakeshiChapter 21: Hosokawa Morihiro: The Catastrophe of Performance Politics, I¿ JunChapter 22: Hata Tsutomu: The Limits of an "Ordinary Person," I¿ JunChapter 23: Murayama Tomiichi: The End of Postwar Democracy, I¿ JunAppendix 1: List of Japanese Political Parties and Intraparty Groups Appearing in This VolumeAppendix 2: List of Japanese Schools and Organizations Appearing in This Volume...
