Japan Rising: The Resurgence of Japanese Power and Purpose

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America has a long tradition of underestimating and misunderstanding Japan. We have viewed it as a quiet and reactive nation. In fact, Japan has a history of rapid and dramatic shifts-from its 180-degree turn from brutal imperialism in favor of withdrawal from international politics after World War II to the evaporation of the Japanese economic miracle in the 1990s. Kenneth Pyle tells the unprecedented story of Japans trajectory over the past 150 years, illuminating its policy strategy and shedding new light on recent events.

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"(A) fine new book... (Kenneth Pyle) has excellent credentials for his chosen task... the book he has written to fulfill it is outstanding." Economist "Kenneth B Pyle's Japan Rising is a good argument for the value of history to an understanding of contemporary international relations." TLS"

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Kenneth B. Pyle is the Henry M. Jackson Professor of History and Asian Studies at the University of Washington. He is Founding President of The National Bureau of Asian Research, founding editor and chairman of the board of the Journal of Japanese Studies, and a member of the Council on Foreign Relations. Professor Pyle was decorated by the Emperor of Japan with the Order of the Rising Sun in 1999.