Japan and Russia: The Tortuous Path to Normalization, 1949-1999 - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0312228775 ISBN 13: 9780312228774

Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan, 2000

Synopsis

Rozman (sociology, Princeton U.) presents 18 articles by Russian, Japanese, and American contributors (many of whom were involved in the bilateral Japanese-Russian negotiations of the 1990s) which explore why the negotiations failed to allow the two great powers to normalize relations after the end of the Cold War. The majority of the articles are chronologically presented and present differing views of various periods of diplomatic relations. A few final articles explore international and domestic factors which affected the negotiations. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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Gilbert Rozman is Musgrave Professor of Sociology at Princeton University.

Gilbert Rozman is Musgrave Professor of Sociology at Princeton University.

Reviews

Rozman (Musgrave Professor of Sociology, Princeton; Russia and East Asia: The 21st Century Security Environment) has edited 16 papers by various authors who are either directly involved with or who have studied Russo-Japanese relations. For more than 40 years, these relations have been the poorest between any two industrialized countries. At the conclusion of World War II, the Soviet Union was allowed to annex the northern islands in the Kuriles (Chishima in Japanese), and negotiations to settle the territorial dispute began at the San Francisco Conference in 1951. Though various periods seemed like the "right time" to settle the dispute, each passed without a resolution. Japan's relations with the United States and with China, as well as U.S. relations with China, have further complicated the issue. This book features mild disagreement between Japanese and Russian contributors about visits of Gorbachev and Yeltsin to Japan in the 1990s. As usual, books by committee have strengths and weaknesses: there is a richness of opinion but a slight unevenness in writing style and ability. In addition, the 16 contributors are not sufficiently identified. Recommended for academic collections.DHarry Willems, Southeast Kansas Lib. System, Iola
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Edition details

• Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
• Publication date: 2000
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0312228775
• ISBN 13: 9780312228774
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 397
• Editor: Rozman Gilbert