Agony of Choice - Matsuoka Yosuke and the Rise and Fall of the Japanese Empire, 1880-1946

Agony of Choice, is the biography of Japanese statesman and diplomat Matsuoka Yosuke, offering a vivid narrative of twentieth-century Japanese diplomatic history.

List of contents

Chapter 1 Early Life in Yamaguchi Chapter 2 The First American Experience Chapter 3 Diplomat in China, Russia, and America Chapter 4 From Tokyo to Versailles Chapter 5 Railway Politics in Manchuria Chapter 6 Revolutionary China, SMR, and Japanese Politics Chapter 7 Seiyukai Politics and Shanghai Assignment Chapter 8 Withdrawal from the League of Nations Chapter 9 Political Party Dissolution Movement Chapter 10 Manchukuo, Guandong Army, and the SMR Chapter 11 Becoming Master of Kasumigaseki Chapter 12 Alliance with Germany Chapter 13 China and Southeast Asia Chapter 14 European Tour and Neutrality Pact with USSR Chapter 15 Approaches to the United States Chapter 16 The Later Years Chapter 17 Reflections and Assessment

About the author

By David J. Lu

Product details

• Authors: David J. Lu
• Publisher: Lexington Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 13.11.2002
• EAN: 9780739104583
• ISBN: 978-0-7391-0458-3
• No. of pages: 328
• Dimensions: 157 mm x 235 mm x 24 mm
• Weight: 685 g
• Series: Studies of Modern Japan
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > History