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Sato, America and the Cold War: US-Japanese Relations, 1964-72
Fintan Hoey
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Hardback. Drawing on recently declassified American and Japanese documents, this book re-examines U.S.-Japanese relations at a critical juncture in the Cold War in Asia. Prime Minister Sato closely aligned Japan with the U.S. and was able to secure the return of lost territory. In return, Nixon forced him into a secret agreement on nuclear weapons. Series: Security, Conflict and Cooperation in the Contemporary World. Num Pages: 264 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 1KBB; 3JJP; HBJF; HBJK; HBLW3; HBTW; HBWS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 146 x 223 x 20. Weight in Grams: 452.
Using recently released archival material from the US and Japan, this book critically re-examines US-Japanese relations during the tenure of Sato Eisaku, Japan's longest serving prime minister. During these critical years in the Cold War in Asia, with the Vietnam War raging and the acquisition by China of a nuclear capability, Sato closely aligned with the US. This directly contributed to his success in securing the reversion of Okinawa and other Japanese territories which had remained under US control since Japan's surrender at the end of World War II. To accomplish this he was also forced to conclude secret agreements ... Read more
Using recently released archival material from the US and Japan, this book critically re-examines US-Japanese relations during the tenure of Sato Eisaku, Japan's longest serving prime minister. During these critical years in the Cold War in Asia, with the Vietnam War raging and the acquisition by China of a nuclear capability, Sato closely aligned with the US. This directly contributed to his success in securing the reversion of Okinawa and other Japanese territories which had remained under US control since Japan's surrender at the end of World War II. To accomplish this he was also forced to conclude secret agreements ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Series
Security, Conflict and Cooperation in the Contemporary World
Condition
New
Weight
451g
Number of Pages
245
Place of Publication
Basingstoke, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781137457615
SKU
V9781137457615
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Ref
99-15
About Fintan Hoey
Fintan Hoey is Assistant Professor of History at Franklin University, Switzerland, was previously a Government of Ireland Doctoral Scholar at the Humanities Institute, University College Dublin, Ireland, and held a Japan Foundation Japanese Studies Fellowship at Rikkyo University, Tokyo. He has previously published on Japan's defence policy and his current research centres on the Japanese approach to nuclear weapons.
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