Japan and Russia - A Reevaluation in the Post-Soviet Era

Nimmo examines Japanese and Russian attempts to resolve outstanding differences lingering since the end of World War II. He provides an in-depth analysis of Japanese efforts to regain control of the Northern Territories and explores attitudes of both Japanese and Russians at the grass roots level.

As the end of the twentieth century approaches, lingering shadows of the devastating mid-century conflict witnessed in World War II are reflected in a territorial dispute between Japan and Russia over possession of the South Kurile Islands, known as the Northern Territories in Japan. For more than four decades, Kremlin leaders contended there was no territorial problem--the 1945 Yalta Agreement resolved the issue, they claimed--but Japan doggedly insisted the islands were Japanese territory. Yet, even with the major changes that have taken place since the demise of the Soviet Union in 1991, Russia and Japan have been unable to reach an agreement. Nimmo examines the attempts of the two countries and their statesmen to resolve their differences. He provides an in-depth analysis of Japanese efforts to regain control of the Northern Territories and explores attitudes of both Japanese and Russians at the grass roots level.

Nimmo provides an overview of the historical perspectives while giving an extended examination of changing relationships in the post-1991 era. This book will be of interest to diplomatic and military historians, Japanese and Russian (Soviet) Studies scholars, and students of the contemporary East Asia.

List of contents

Preface
Abbreviations
Chronology
Introduction
The Historical Background
Postwar Japan and the Soviet Union: From Stalin to Brezhnev
Dawn of a New Age: The Gorbachev Era and Japan
Gorbachev in Japan
Yeltsin, Russia and Japan
Japan and Russia: Looking to the Future
Bibliography
Index

About the author

WILLIAM F. NIMMO is a researcher and historian specializing in foreign relations and military affairs.

Product details

• Authors: William Nimmo, William F. Nimmo
• Publisher: Bloomsbury
• Languages: English
• Age Recommendation: ages 7 to 17
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 26.01.1994
• EAN: 9780313284403
• ISBN: 978-0-313-28440-3
• No. of pages: 240
• Weight: 595 g
• Series: Contributions in Asian Studies
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; Japan, Postwar 20th century history, from c 1945 to c 2000, Russia, European History, HISTORY / Europe / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / International Relations / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Peace, POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / Asian, HISTORY / Asia / Japan, International Relations, world history, Later 20th century c 1950 to c 1999, Peace studies and conflict resolution, Asian History, Peace studies & conflict resolution, c 1945 to c 2000 (Post-war period), POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / Russian & Soviet, HISTORY / Russia / Soviet Era