Japanese-Russian Relations Under Brezhnev and Andropov

This study by the leading Japanese specialist in the field offers a comprehensive analysis of the deterioration of Soviet-Japanese relations in the 1970s and 1980s -- a period when the two countries clashed over issues ranging from military security to fishing rights and their competing claims to the southern Kuriles, Japan's "Northern Territories", awarded to Stalin at Yalta.

List of contents

Part 1 What Made Japan and the Soviet Union “Distant Neighbors”?; Chapter 1 Basic Determinants of Japanese-Soviet Relations; Chapter 2 Approaches to National Security; Chapter 3 Japanese and Soviet Views on Territory; Part 2 Soviet Policies Toward Japan; Chapter 4 Soviet Policy Toward Asia; Chapter 5 Soviet Strategy and Tactics Toward Japan; Part 3 The Deterioration in Japanese-Soviet Relations; Chapter 6 Japanese and Soviet Negotiating Behavior; Chapter 7 The Conclusion of the Japan-China Peace Treaty (1978); Chapter 8 The Soviets Propose Substitute Treaties; Part 4 A Changing Global Environment; Chapter 9 The Impact of the Soviet Invasion of Afghanistan (1979); Chapter 10 From Clouded to “Somewhat Crystal”; Chapter 11 Andropov’s Policy; conclusion Conclusions;

About the author

Hiroshi Kimura

Summary

An analysis of the deterioration of Soviet-Japanese relations in the 1970s and 1980s. It examines basic factors shaping the relationship between the two countries, and their conflicting views of the conflict, security, military force and territorial rights, as well as key events of the period.

Product details

• Authors: Hiroshi Kimura, Kimura Hiroshi
• Publisher: Taylor and Francis
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 28.02.2000
• EAN: 9780765605856
• ISBN: 978-0-7656-0585-6
• No. of pages: 432
• Weight: 453 g
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Comparative and international political science; Japan, Postwar 20th century history, from c 1945 to c 2000, Russia, European History, HISTORY / Europe / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / International Relations / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / Asian, HISTORY / Asia / Japan, International Relations, Later 20th century c 1950 to c 1999, Asian History, c 1970 to c 1979, c 1970 to c 1980, C 1980 To C 1990, c 1980 to c 1989, POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / Russian & Soviet, HISTORY / Russia / Soviet Era