Japan's Evolving Foreign Policy Doctrine

During half a century after the war Japan's economy was built up from scratch to the world's number two, while its foreign policy has been described by many as passive and even verging on being non-existent. As a contrast, this study evinces how the foundations of Japan's foreign policy were laid in the early postwar period, and how postwar policies have been characterized by pervasive continuity, guided by distinct national goals and expressed in clear-cut national role conceptions.

Autorentext

BERT EDSTRÖM is currently Senior Research Fellow at the Center for Pacific Asia Studies at Stockholm University. He is the author of Japan's Quest for a Role in the World (1988) and editor of Japan's Global Role: Implications for Sweden (1994), Japan's Foreign and Security Policies in Transition (1996) and The United Nations , Japan and Sweden: Achievements and Challenges (1998).

Zusammenfassung
As a contrast, this study evinces how the foundations of Japan's foreign policy were laid in the early postwar period, and how postwar policies have been characterized by pervasive continuity, guided by distinct national goals and expressed in clear-cut national role conceptions.

Inhalt
List of Tables Acknowledgements A Note on Names and Transcription Introduction To Restore and Reconstruct; Yoshida Shigeru, Ashida Hitoshi, Katayama Tetsu The Prewar Leftover with a Postwar Mission; Hatoyama Ichire Failure of Brilliance; Kishi Nobusuke The International Cold Warrior; Ikeda Hayato The Cautious and Discreet Prime Minister; Satsaku The Computerised Bulldozer on the International Stage; Tanaka Kakuei A Liberal Turning Realist ; Miki Takeo A Visionary Arch-conservative; Fukuda Takeo Turning the Tide; Ohira Masayoshi The Harmony Man on the Slippery Slope; Suzuki Zenke Symbolic Statesman; Nakasone Yasuhiro A Local Politician on the Global Stage; Takeshita Noboru Hope and Uncertainty; Kaifu Toshiki Full Circle; Miyazawa Kiichi Japan's Evolving Foreign Policy Doctrine Footnotes Bibliography Index