The Desperate Diplomat
Title | The Desperate Diplomat PDF eBook |
Author | J. Garry Clifford |
Publisher | University of Missouri Press |
Pages | 198 |
Release | 2016-12-31 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 0826273300 |
On December 7, 1941, the course of U.S. history changed forever with the bombing of Pearl Harbor. Three weeks prior, Japanese Special Envoy to the United States Saburo Kurusu visited Washington in an attempt to further peace talks between Japan and America and spare his country the loss he knew would occur if a war began. But as he reported, “Working for peace is not as simple as starting a war.” For more than seventy years, many have unfairly viewed Kurusu and his visit as part of the Pearl Harbor plot. Editors J. Garry Clifford and Masako R. Okura seek to dispel this myth with their edition of Kurusu’s memoir, The Desperate Diplomat. Kurusu published his personal memoir in 1952, in Japanese, describing his efforts to prevent war between the two nations, his total lack of knowledge regarding the Pearl Harbor attack, and what “might have been” had he been successful in his endeavor for peace, while offering an exclusive perspective on the Japanese reaction to the attack. However, the information contained in his memoir was unavailable to most of the world, save those fluent in Japanese, because it had never been published in another language. With the discovery of Kurusu’s own English memoir, his story can finally be told to a wider audience. Clifford and Okura have used both the Japanese and English memoirs and added an introduction and annotations to Kurusu’s story, making The Desperate Diplomat an essential look at an event that remains controversial in the history of both nations. Anyone who takes interest in the history of Pearl Harbor cannot afford to omit this previously unavailable information from their library.
Unfinished Business
Title | Unfinished Business PDF eBook |
Author | Haruo Iguchi |
Publisher | BRILL |
Pages | 380 |
Release | 2020-03-23 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 168417354X |
"Ayukawa Yoshisuke (1880–1967) was the founder of the Nissan conglomerate and the leader of the Manchuria Industrial Development Corporation, one of the linchpins of Imperial Japan’s efforts to economically exploit its overseas dependencies. Despite his close association with the Japanese government from the 1920s to the 1950s, Ayukawa was a proponent of free trade and global economic interdependence. He sought to lessen state control of Japan’s economy by trying to attract foreign—especially American—capital and technology in the years surrounding World War II. In the postwar era in particular, Ayukawa actively pushed the growth of small- and medium-sized firms, yet his efforts were ultimately unsuccessful. In Unfinished Business, through exploring the reasons for Ayukawa’s failure, Haruo Iguchi illuminates many of the economic problems of today’s Japan."
The "Magic" Background of Pearl Harbor
Title | The "Magic" Background of Pearl Harbor PDF eBook |
Author | United States. Department of Defense |
Publisher | |
Pages | 308 |
Release | 1978 |
Genre | Government publications |
ISBN |
Foreign Relations of the United States
Title | Foreign Relations of the United States PDF eBook |
Author | United States. Dept. of State |
Publisher | |
Pages | 2316 |
Release | 1961 |
Genre | United States |
ISBN |
Handbook of Organopalladium Chemistry for Organic Synthesis
Title | Handbook of Organopalladium Chemistry for Organic Synthesis PDF eBook |
Author | Ei-ichi Negishi |
Publisher | John Wiley & Sons |
Pages | 1657 |
Release | 2003-11-24 |
Genre | Science |
ISBN | 0471473812 |
Organized to provide maximum utility to the bench synthetic chemist. The editor is well-known for his work in exploring, developing, and applying organopalladium chemistry. Contributors include over 24 world authorities in the field.
Tracing Japanese Leftist Political Activism (1957 – 2017)
Title | Tracing Japanese Leftist Political Activism (1957 – 2017) PDF eBook |
Author | Kevin Coogan |
Publisher | Taylor & Francis |
Pages | 334 |
Release | 2022-10-11 |
Genre | Political Science |
ISBN | 1000683613 |
Tracing Japanese Leftist Political Activism (1957–2017) tells the story of the Japanese Red Army (JRA), a militant left-wing group founded in 1971 which was involved in numerous terrorist attacks. It traces the origins of the group in the Japanese New Left in the 1960s and looks at Red Army groups of the early 1970s in Japan, such as the Red Army Faction, and the United Red Army which became infamous for murdering its own members. The book also examines the JRA's trans- and international links with other militant groups including the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine, as well as the networks of intellectuals and fellow activists who supported them. This book will be of great interest to students and scholars of terrorism, radicalism, and Japanese social history.
Pearl Harbor Attack
Title | Pearl Harbor Attack PDF eBook |
Author | United States. Congress. Joint Committee on the Investigation of the Pearl Harbor Attack |
Publisher | |
Pages | 1174 |
Release | 1946 |
Genre | Pearl Harbor (Hawaii), Attack on, 1941 |
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