War and Diplomacy in Modern Japan [electronic resource] : Prime Minister Kōki Hirota and His Times / by Ryuji Hattori.

Erişim Adresi
Link
ISBN
9789819653102
Dil Kodu
İngilizce
Yer Numarası
DK/6375
Yazar
Hattori, Ryuji. (orcid)0000-0002-5003-9582 Link
Basım Bildirimi
1st ed. 2025.
Yayın Bilgisi
Singapore : Springer Nature Singapore : Imprint: Springer, 2025.
Fiziksel Niteleme
XVII, 189 p. 1 illus. online resource.
İçindekiler Notu
Introduction – Two Sides -- From Fukuoka to Kasumigaseki – Hirota’s Youth -- Between China and the West – Beijing, Washington, Moscow -- Straying From the Ideals of China Policy – Foreign Minister and Harmony Diplomacy -- Ten Months as Prime Minister – Conflict with the Army -- We will not deal with the Nationalist government” – Foreign Minister during the Second Sino-Japanese War -- The Collapse of Imperial Japan – Senior Statesman -- The Tokyo Trials – An “Active Follower -- Conclusion: Departure.
Özet, vb.
This open access book examines the life and work of Koki Hirota, who served as Japan's foreign minister and prime minister from 1933 to 1938 - the period that saw the final Japanese diplomatic attempts at achieving a modus vivendi with China before the outbreak of the Second Sino-Japanese War. It looks at the failed attempts to prevent that war from evolving into a protracted conflict. Hirota's actions and inactions during this time resulted in a death sentence at the Tokyo Trials following the end of the Second World War, making him the only civilian official to meet such a fate. Hirota is seen as a martyr-like figure in Japan, but this book counters this public image by showing how, despite initially championing a cooperative relationship with China as foreign and prime minister, he continually acquiesced to the military's demands before being swept away by the rise of populist politics that followed early Japanese success in the Second Sino-Japanese War. As the first biography of Hirota to be published in English, this book provides an in-depth account of Sino-Japanese relations and Japanese diplomacy during this critical period and examines the ultimate failure of the civilian government to check the adventurism of the Japanese army. It is relevant to historians of Japan, and to those interested in diplomatic history, and the Second World War - as well as scholars working in various areas of contemporary East Asian politics.
Konu
Japan __ History.
International relations __ History.
Asia __ Politics and government.
Asia __ History.
Diplomacy.
History of Japan.
Diplomatic and International History.
Asian Politics.
Asian History.
Diplomacy.
Kurum Adı
SpringerLink (Online service)
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