Japan in the American Century

Informationen zum Autor Kenneth B. Pyle is Henry M. Jackson Professor Emeritus of History and International Studies at the University of Washington and the author of Japan Rising (“Outstanding,” The Economist ) and the classic textbook The Making of Modern Japan. He was for many years director of the Henry M. Jackson School of International Studies at the University of Washington. The founding president of the National Bureau of Asian Research, Pyle received the Order of the Rising Sun, Japan’s most prestigious honor, and created the Journal of Japanese Studies , the most important journal in the field. Klappentext No nation was more deeply affected by Americäs rise to power than Japan. The price paid to end the most intrusive reconstruction of a nation in modern history was a cold war alliance with the U.S. that ensured American dominance in the region. Kenneth Pyle offers a thoughtful history of this relationship at a time when the alliance is changing.

Product details

• Authors: Kenneth B Pyle, Kenneth B. Pyle, Professor Kenneth B. Pyle, Pyle Kenneth B.
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.10.2018
• EAN: 9780674983649
• ISBN: 978-0-674-98364-9
• No. of pages: 472
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Comparative and international political science; USA, Japan, Postwar 20th century history, from c 1945 to c 2000, POLITICAL SCIENCE / International Relations / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Comparative Politics, POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / Asian, HISTORY / Asia / Japan, International Relations, Second World War, Comparative Politics, Later 20th century c 1950 to c 1999, United States of America, USA, Asian History, Modern warfare, c 1940 to c 1949, History and Archaeology, c 1945 to c 2000 (Post-war period), HISTORY / Modern / 20th Century / General, HISTORY / Wars & Conflicts / World War II / General