00000cam a22000007a 4500 UP-8027390931316316977 Buklod 20230112145327.0 a r |||| u| ta 201228s2020 xx abc rb |001 0beng d 9784866580722 4866580720 (iLib)UPMIN-00028667627 KWW eng KWW OCLCO SYB OCLCO GZN WVU OCLCO OCLCF KMS OWU OCLCO ZCL COO OCLCO DLC eng jpn lccopycat DS884.K585 O3313 2020 DS884.K585 O3313 2020 Okazaki, Hisahiko 1930-2014 author. Komura Jutaro? to sono jidai. English Komura Jutaro? and his time Okazaki Hisahiko ; translated by Noda Makito. First English edition. 275 pages illustrations, maps, portraits 23 cm. Japan Library. "Originally published in Japanese by PHP Institute, Inc., in 2003 under the title of Komura Jutaro? to sono jidai."--Title page verso. English translation ©2020 The Japan Institute of International Affairs (JIIA)."--Page 4. Chronological Table of Komura Jutaro?'s Life and Accomplishments": pages 261-270. Includes bibliographical references (pages 258-259) and index. Exploring the life of Komura Jutaro, a defining force in the fate of Japan as a developing power, this critical biography casts the history of Japanese modernization in a captivating light. After the Meiji Restoration, the Sino-Japanese War, and the Russo-Japanese War, Japan found itself occupying a prominent position in the global arena. Komura Jutaro, whom Mutsu Munemitsu had chosen as his successor, served on the Katsura Taro cabinet and set to forging a plan for Japan's continental development in opposition to Russia, considering the influence of the United States and Britain. Komura accurately judged that Japan had no other option than war with Russia, given his piercing insights into Russia's intentions, and that recognition enabled the Empire of Japan to stay on the right track. All the other merits and demerits of Komura's diplomacy are directly connected to the merits and demerits of the steps taken by the Empire of Japan that eventually led to the country's defeat in World War II. Komura's diplomacy thus calls into question Japan's national strategy itself: consistently pursuing independent diplomacy instead of entrusting Japan's fate to collaboration with the Anglo-American world and, in Asia, expanding Japan's exclusive sphere of influence beyond the Korean Peninsula deep into the Asian continent. The book does not intend to uncover or delve deeper into new historical facts in the scope of modern history. Rather, its chief aim is to lay out a historical picture that situates the relative importance of objective facts in proper balance" All Japanese names appearing in this book are written with surname first and given name last. In addition, all Japanese words and names have been romanized in accordance with the Hepburn system, and macrons have been applied to indicate long vowels where deemed appropriate."--Page 4. Komura, Jutarō 1855-1911. Diplomats Japan Biography. Diplomats ministers Japan Biography. Russo-Japanese War, 1904-1905. Diplomatic relations. Japan Foreign relations 1868-1912. Noda, Makito translator. Shuppan Bunka Sangyo? Shinko? Zaidan publisher. Japan library (Shuppan Bunka Sangyo? Shinko? Zaidan) FO UPMIN UPMIN-MAIN DS884.K585 O3313 2020 Book