Japan's Cold War Policy and China: Two Perceptions of Order, 1960-1972

ISBN-13: 9781032083643 / Angielski / Miękka / 2021 / 306 str.

Yutaka Kanda

Opis

This book moves beyond the traditional Euro-centric view of the Cold War, emphasizing the significant role Japan played. The research provides insight into the foreign policy patterns of post-World War Two Japanese diplomacy, particularly in relation to China and the USSR.

Spis treści

Acknowledgements 1. Introduction: Research Questions and Analytical Framework Section 1: Transformation of the Cold War Structure and Japanese Diplomacy in the 1960s Section 2: Categorization of Two Order Frameworks and Leaders 2. Chapter 1: Resistance and the Failed Isolation of China: The Ikeda Administration’s Policies Toward China, 1960–1964 Section 1: Willingness to Deal with the China Problems Section 2: Running in Opposite Directions: Japan and the United States on their policies toward China and the Soviet Union Section 3: Rise of the Sino-US Confrontation and the Collapse of Ikeda Diplomacy 3. Chapter 2: Adaptation to, and Discord with, US-Soviet Cooperation: Japanese Policy toward China in the Early Sato Administration 1964–1968 Section 1 Sato Eisaku’s Personality in His Policy toward China Section 2: Sino-US Conflicts and the Formation of the Japan-US-USSR Affiliation  Section 3: Debate over the Isolation of China 4. Chapter 3: Sino-US Rapprochement and the Japanese Diplomatic Choice – The Sato and Tanaka Administrations and the Normalization of Sino-Japanese Diplomatic Relations 1969-1972 Section 1: Emergence of US-China-Soviet Triple Axis and Alienation of the Sato Administration Section 2: Sino-US Rapprochement and Sato’s Diplomatic Guidance Section 3 Sino-Japanese Diplomatic Normalization and Anti-Soviet Resonance 5. Last Chapter: “Cold War” and “Asian Order” Index

O autorze

Yutaka Kanda is Associate Professor in the faculty of Law at Niigata University, Japan