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List of contents
Acknowledgements 1. Introduction: Research Questions and Analytical Framework Section 1: Transformation of the Cold War Structure and Japanese Diplomacy in the 1960s Section 2: Categorization of Two Order Frameworks and Leaders 2. Chapter 1: Resistance and the Failed Isolation of China: The Ikeda Administration’s Policies Toward China, 1960–1964 Section 1: Willingness to Deal with the China Problems Section 2: Running in Opposite Directions: Japan and the United States on their policies toward China and the Soviet Union Section 3: Rise of the Sino-US Confrontation and the Collapse of Ikeda Diplomacy 3. Chapter 2: Adaptation to, and Discord with, US-Soviet Cooperation: Japanese Policy toward China in the Early Sato Administration 1964–1968 Section 1 Sato Eisaku’s Personality in His Policy toward China Section 2: Sino-US Conflicts and the Formation of the Japan-US-USSR Affiliation Section 3: Debate over the Isolation of China 4. Chapter 3: Sino-US Rapprochement and the Japanese Diplomatic Choice – The Sato and Tanaka Administrations and the Normalization of Sino-Japanese Diplomatic Relations 1969-1972 Section 1: Emergence of US-China-Soviet Triple Axis and Alienation of the Sato Administration Section 2: Sino-US Rapprochement and Sato’s Diplomatic Guidance Section 3 Sino-Japanese Diplomatic Normalization and Anti-Soviet Resonance 5. Last Chapter: “Cold War” and “Asian Order” Index
About the author
Yutaka Kanda is Associate Professor in the faculty of Law at Niigata University, Japan
Summary
This book moves beyond the traditional Euro-centric view of the Cold War, emphasizing the significant role Japan played. The research provides insight into the foreign policy patterns of post-World War Two Japanese diplomacy, particularly in relation to China and the USSR.
