| Japan's Asia Policy: Regional Security and Global Interests Revised Edition Contributor(s): Mendl, Wolf (Author) |
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ISBN: 0415164664 ISBN-13: 9780415164665 Publisher: Routledge OUR PRICE: $54.10 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: June 1997 Annotation: From the end of the Second World War to the end of the Cold War, Japan had little room to maneuver in terms of conducting its foreign policy due to its close association with the United States. However, Japan sought to develop an independent policy towards Asia. In the 1990s it can no longer count on Cold War structures to provide the frame of reference for its foreign policy. "Japan's Asia Policy" explains the historical roots of Japan's foreign policy, especially Asia-versus-the-West debate. Wolf Mendl provides an up-to-date analysis of Japan's relations with the countries of North-East and South-East Asia. It also makes comparisons with the policies of powers of equal status in the postwar world. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Political Science | International Relations - General - Social Science | Ethnic Studies - General - Social Science | Regional Studies |
| Dewey: 327.520 |
| Lexile Measure: 1540 |
| Series: Politics in Asia (Paperback) |
| Physical Information: 0.57" H x 5.5" W x 8.5" (0.71 lbs) 250 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This volume provides a timely and expert analysis of Japan's Asia policy as the country continues to address the future through trying to cope with the burden of a chequered past. Dr Mendl locates his expostion of Japan's policy towards both North-East and South-East Asia in a full historical and cultural context and importantly takes due account of the underlying and potent factor of national identity in shaping international outlook. He begins his study with a discussion of the enigma of Japanese policy expressed in debate over whether or not that policy expresses a calculated grand design. A corresponding enigma emerges in Dr Mendl's exposition of Japan's policy towards a part of the world with which it shares a geographical location and a measure of identity but one which, he maintains, cannot be separated from its engagement at the global level. In exploring the theme of how Japan is confronted by the problem of reconcling its relations with Asia with pursuing a global role in unchartered post-Cold War waters, Dr.Mendl makes a lucid and scholarly contribution to the debate about Japan's place in a world which it has helped to shape through its economic performance and example. |