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Hiroshi Kimura - The Kurillian Knot. A History of Japanese-Russian Border Negotiations.  - 9780804758352 - V9780804758352
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The Kurillian Knot. A History of Japanese-Russian Border Negotiations.

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Description for The Kurillian Knot. A History of Japanese-Russian Border Negotiations. Hardback. This is the definitive book on Russo-Japanese relations by the leading authority on the topic. Translator(s): Eley, Mark. Num Pages: 296 pages, 20 illustrations, 3 maps. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; 1FPJ; GTB; HBJF; JPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 534. Weight in Grams: 526.

This book provides an answer to the mystery of why no peace treaty has yet been signed between Japan and Russia after more than sixty years since the end of World War Two. The author, a leading authority on Japanese-Russian diplomatic history, was trained at the Russian Institute of Columbia University. This volume contributes to our understanding of not only the intricacies of bilateral relations between Moscow and Tokyo, but, more generally, of Russia's and Japan's modes of foreign policy formation. The author also discusses the U.S. factor, which helped make Russia and Japan distant neighbors, and the threat from ... Read more

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Product Details

Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
296
Condition
New
Number of Pages
296
Place of Publication
Palo Alto, United States
ISBN
9780804758352
SKU
V9780804758352
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99-15

About Hiroshi Kimura
Hiroshi Kimura is professor emeritus at Hokkaido University and at the International Center for Japanese Studies. His major publications in English include Distant Neighbors (2002) and International Negotiation: Actors, Structural Process, Values (1999), which he coedited.

Reviews for The Kurillian Knot. A History of Japanese-Russian Border Negotiations.
"Kimura demonstrates accurate knowledge of all agreements and definitions, and he offers reasonable speculation about what Russian leaders were thinking when they made statements concerning the issue."—Margarita Karnysheva, The Russian Review. "The Kurillian Knot makes a useful addition to the Anglo-phone literature on Russo-Japanese relations. Its recapitulation of post-1956 negotiations in meticulous."—John J. Stephan, Journal of Asian Studies. "Hiroshi Kimura's ... Read more

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