Название: Japanese foreign policy, 1869-1942 : Kasumigaseki to Miyakezaka
Автор: Ian Hill Nish
Издательство: Routledge
Год: 2002
Формат: pdf
Страниц: 361
Размер: 10.5 Мб
Язык: English
The story of the Japanese Foreign Ministry contains many elements of tension. Among these the tension between Kasumigaseki and Miyakezaka was by the 1930s to prove to be the most important one. But it was not new and had been present throughout the three-quarters of a century of its existence which are covered in this book. The Foreign Ministry was established soon after the Meiji restoration. It rose meteorically like the Japanese nation-state itself. But, since Japan's fortunes seemed to be punctuated by wars and 'incidents' the Foreign Ministry inevitably found itself confronted with the dilemma of co-operating with military agencies. In the course of time, the Ministry, with its liberal, internationalist approach, came under special attack. But it did not fall. Shorn in the 1930s of many of its privileges and divided within itself, it none the less survived these tribulations. And, when the military agencies were destroyed in battle, the Foreign Ministry (but in the disguise of the Liaison Bureau) emerged into the postwar era. We are concerned in this study with the period of its rise and fall, but not its rebirth.