Japan and back : and places elsewhere : a memoir
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Japan and back : and places elsewhere : a memoir
Global Oriental, 1998
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Japan and back and places elsewhere : a memoir
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Sir Hugh Cortazzi, one of Britain's most prominent post-war Ambassadors to Japan who was in Tokyo to receive Margaret Thatcher on her historic 'handbagging' visit in 1982, was never a so-called 'traditional' diplomat.Having gained entry to the Foreign Service in 1949 his diplomatic life was hardly 'conventional'; it was most certainly, at times, controversial -- from London to Bonn, to Washington (at the time of Watergate) but principally Japan where he undertook three tours of duty, the last as Ambassador, 1980-84. After retiring from the Diplomatic Service, he became a high-profile Chairman of the Japan Society in 1985, a post he held for ten years. This memoir is a real tour de force, providing the reader with an informed, critical perspective on world affairs in general, but with a particular emphasis on Japan.
Table of Contents
- Preface
- CHAPTER ONE: A Beginning
- CHAPTER TWO: First Steps in Diplomacy
- CHAPTER THREE: Japan in the 1960s
- CHAPTER FOUR: The 1970s: London and Washington
- CHAPTER FIVE: British Ambassador to Japan
- CHAPTER SIX: A Different Perspective
- CHAPTER SEVEN: Japan: A Reassessment, 1998
- Postscript
- Index
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