Read more
Informationen zum Autor Robert D. Eldridge is tenured associate professor at Osaka University. 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 Preface Preface to the English Edition Preface to the Original Japanese Version Chapter 1: Higashikuni Naruhiko: A Liberalist in the Imperial Family, Hatano Sumio Chapter 2: Shidehara Kijuro: His "Final Public Duty" and the Draft Constitution, Amakawa Akira Chapter 3: Yoshida Shigeru: A Master of Situational Thinking, Watanabe Akio Chapter 4: Katayama Tetsu: The First Batter under the New Constitution, Fumio Fukunaga Chapter 5: Ashida Hitoshi: The Intellectual and Cultured Man as Politician, Masuda Hiroshi Chapter 6: Hatoyama Ichiro: A Tenacious Attachment to the Restoration of Relations with the Soviet Union and Constitutional Revision, Yamamuro Kentoku Chapter 7: Ishibashi Tanzan: A Coherent Liberal Thinker, Inoki Takenori Chapter 8: Kishi Nobusuke: Frustrated Ambition, Kitaoka Shinichi Chapter 9: Ikeda Hayato: The Man Who Created "The Economic Era," Nakamura Takafusa Chapter 10: Sato Eisaku: The Truth about "The Politics of Waiting," Kosaka Masataka Chapter 11: Tanaka
