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Japan in the World
Shidehara Kijuro, Pacifism, and the Abolition of War
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2009
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The twentieth century is as remarkable for its world wars as it is for its efforts to outlaw war in international and constitutional law and politics. Japan in the World examines some of these efforts through the life and work of Shidehara Kijuro, who was active as diplomat and statesman between 1896 until his death in 1951. Shidehara is seen as a guiding thread running through the first five decades of the twentieth century. Through the 1920s until the beginning of the 1930s, his foreign policy shaped Japan's place within the community of nations. The positive role Japan played in international relations and the high esteem in which it was held at that time goes largely to his credit. As Prime Minister and 'man of the hour' after the Second World War, he had a hand in shaping the new beginning for post-war Japan, instituting policies that would start his country on a path to peace and prosperity. Accessing previously unpublished archival materials, Schlichtmann examines the work of this pacifist statesman, situating Shidehara within the context of twentieth century statecraft and international politics. While it was an age of devastating total wars that took a vast toll of civilian lives, the politics and diplomatic history between 1899 and 1949 also saw the light of new developments in international and constitutional law to curtail state sovereignty and reach a peaceful order of international affairs. Japan in the World is an essential resource for understanding that nation's contributions to these world-changing developments.
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Copyright year
2009
ISBN-Print
978-0-7391-3518-1
ISBN-Online
978-0-7391-3520-4
Publisher
Lexington, Lanham
Language
English
Pages
390
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Contents No access
Acknowledgments No access
Remarks on Orthography No access
Foreword by Ian Nish No access
Introduction to Volume II No access Pages 1 - 10
I. A World without War: Shidehara as Foreign Minister, 1924-1931 No access Pages 11 - 96
II. From the Manchurian Crisis to the End of the Second World War, 1931-1945 No access Pages 97 - 178
III. Shidehara, 1945–1951 No access Pages 179 - 266
IV. Japanese Pacifism and Politics after the Second World War No access Pages 267 - 322
