K.K. Kawakami and U.S.-Japan relations : the forty-year road to Pearl Harbor

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K.K. Kawakami and U.S.-Japan relations : the forty-year road to Pearl Harbor

William D. Hoover

Lexington Books, c2023

  • : cloth

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K.K. Kawakami and U.S.-Japan relations : the 40-year road to Pearl Harbor

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Summary: "U.S.-Japan relations occupy an important position in international affairs. This book analyzes the writings of Japanese journalist K. K. Kawakami to provide insight into the decline of U.S.-Japan relations from 1901 to 1941. His writings do much to help us understand the reasons behind the clash at Pearl Harbor"--Provided by publisher

Includes bibliographical references (p. 309-323) and index

Contents of Works

  • The historical setting of Japanese-American relations
  • Kawakami's Japanese roots and the lure of America, 1873-1901
  • Kawakami analyzes the beginning of tension between Japan and America, 1901-1913
  • World War I and expanding Japan-U.S. controversies, 1914-1919
  • Growing problems in U.S.-Japan relations, 1919-1921
  • Kawakami describes uplifting factors but sees shadows in Japanese-American relations, 1921-1930 : the Kawakami family moves to Washington. D.C.
  • Kawakami confronts declining Japanese-American relations, 1931-1937
  • Kawakami's dream of amiable Japanese-American relations crushed, 1937-1941
  • The United States exerts economic pressure in attempt to reign in Japan
  • Kawakami's wartime travails : epilogue

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