ISBN:
0415444039
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0203881184
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9781282153028
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9780415444033
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9780203881187
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (xvii, 200 p)
,
ill
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25 cm
Edition:
Online-Ausg. UK MyiLibrary 2009 Electronic reproduction
Edition:
Also available in print
Series Statement:
Sheffield Centre for Japanese Studies / Routledge series
Parallel Title:
Print version Japan and Britain at War and Peace
DDC:
303.48/441052
Keywords:
World War, 1939-1945
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Great Britain Foreign relations 1945-
;
Japan Relations
;
Great Britain Relations
;
Japan Foreign relations 1989-
;
Japan Foreign relations 1945-1989
Abstract:
This book examines reconciliation between Japan and the UK, exploring the development and current state of Japan-UK relations from the perspectives of economic cooperation and conflict, common concerns in the international system, and public and media perceptions of each country
Description / Table of Contents:
Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Figures; Contributors; Preface and acknowledgements; A note on the text; Abbreviations and acronyms; Introduction; Part I At war; 1 Ebb and flow: The British at war with the Japanese; 2 Britain's strategy in World War II and reconciliation with its former enemies; 3 Why did the Japanese army abuse Allied prisoners of war?: The primary historical and structural causes; 4 Neither pro-British nor pro-Japanese: How the Burmese political elite reacted under British and Japanese rule; Part II At peace; 5 British-Japanese dilemmas in South East Asia after 1945
Description / Table of Contents:
6 The Tokyo Trials and British-Japanese reconciliation: The question of tu quoque, political oblivion and British prisoners of war7 Peacemaking and after: Anglo-Japanese relations and Japan's re-entry into international society; 8 Post-war Japanese intellectuals' perspectives on reconciliation between British and Japanese soldiers over the war in Burma: The case of Takeyama Michio and Harp of Burma; 9 Anglo-Japanese economic and military relations, 1945-1960; 10 Reconciliation: The broader context
Description / Table of Contents:
11 Reporting the fiftieth and sixtieth anniversaries of the end of World War II: Less fear and loathing in the UK press towards Japan?12 Japan-UK relations in the global context; Conclusion; Index
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
,
Also available in print.
,
Electronic reproduction
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