Fragile Entente - The 1978 Japanchina Peace Treaty in a Global Context

Between early 1978 and late 1980, power relationships in the Pacific region underwent historic transformation. Dr. Bedeski draws on Chinese, Soviet, and Japanese sources to clarify the relationships among the wide range of events ensuing from the Sino-Japanese treaty and points to its relevance to a new era of Sino-Soviet relations.

List of contents

Westview Replica Editions -- Introduction -- The Regional Environment: America’s New Asian Strategy -- The Japan-China Treaty of Peace and Friendship -- Japan’s China Tilt -- China and Japan: Diplomatic, Economic and Military Relations -- Soviet Reactions to the Treaty -- The Sino-Soviet Conflict Widens -- U.S.-China Rapprochement and Japan -- Japan’s Security and the United States -- Defense and the Japanese State

About the author

Robert E. Bedeski studied Chinese in Taiwan and received a Ph.D. in political science at the University of California, Berkeley. This book was written while Professor Bedeski was a research fellow of the Japan Foundation at the National Defense College in Tokyo. Currently a professor of political science at Carleton University in Ottawa, he is the author of State-Building in Modern China: The Kuomintang in the Prewar Period.

Summary

Between early 1978 and late 1980, power relationships in the Pacific region underwent historic transformation. Dr. Bedeski draws on Chinese, Soviet, and Japanese sources to clarify the relationships among the wide range of events ensuing from the Sino-Japanese treaty and points to its relevance to a new era of Sino-Soviet relations.

Product details

• Authors: Robert E Bedeski, Robert E. Bedeski
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.06.2022
• EAN: 9780367307745
• ISBN: 978-0-367-30774-5
• No. of pages: 258
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Geosciences > Geography; Social sciences, law, business > Social sciences (general); Ethnic Studies, Asia, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Regional Studies, HISTORY / Social History, Social & cultural history, POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / Asian, Politics & government, Regional Studies, Social and cultural history, Politics and government, Regional / International studies, Black & Asian Studies, Relating to Asian American people, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Cultural & Ethnic Studies / General