Leaving Japan: Observations on the Dysfunctional U.S.-Japan Relationship

ISBN-13: 9780765606594 / Angielski / Twarda / 2001 / 208 str.

Mike Millard

Opis

Written by an American journalist living and working in Japan, this book helps the reader understand the enormous problems inherent in both U.S. attitudes towards Asia, and in Japan's way of looking at and dealing with the world. It uses a narrative flow of personal reflections and interviews with both informed Western observers and many Japanese to present its main theme: criticism of the long-term assumption that Asian countries will become more American as they reap the benefits of capitalism.

Spis treści

1. Japan's burden of the past 2. Memories of failed policies 3. Rape on Okinawa 4. A small island's anger 5. Trade judo - exploiting U.S. strength 6. Delusions of American empire 7. Meeting a remarkable man 8. Charlatans and mentors 9. God on their shoulders 10. Buying influence in America 11. Seeds of war, saintly flower 12. The politics of betrayal 13. Cross-cultural homecoming 14. A Japanese view of security 15. A U.S. view of security 16. A Japanese view of trade 17. A U.S. view of trade 18. International marriage 19. Dreams of a Japan fulfilled 20. A question of transformation 21. Japan and the military metaphor 22. A historical debt to Germany 23. Germans and Japanese 24. A Buddhist patriarch 25. Too much of a good thing 26. Thwarting development 27. The stifled individual 28. Birth of a family 29. A lonely rebel 30. Flickering revolutions 31. Loyalty and corruption 32. Legacy of Tokugawa 33. The Asian crisis 34. Return to Okinawa 35. A few conclusions Bibliography of sources

O autorze

Mike Millard