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Sailor Diplomat Nomura Kichisaburō and the Japanese-American War
Author
Title
Sailor Diplomat [electronic resource] : Nomura Kichisaburō and the Japanese-American War / Peter Mauch.
ISBN
1684175062
9781684175062
0674055993 (hardcover : alk. paper)
9780674055995 (hardcover : alk. paper)
Published
Cambridge, Mass. : Published by the Harvard University Asia Center : Distributed by Harvard University Press, 2011. (Baltimore, Md. : Project MUSE, 2015)
Physical Description
1 online resource (xvii, 312 p.) : ill.
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Summary
As Japan's pre-Pearl Harbor ambassador to the United States, Admiral Nomura Kichisaburo (1877-1964) played a significant role in a tense and turbulent period in Japanese-US relations. This biography casts light on the life and career of this important figure.
Format
Books / Online
Language
English
Added to Catalog
January 15, 2020
Series
Harvard East Asian monographs ; 333
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (p. [291]-304) and index.
Contents
Nomura's early years (1877-1899)
Young navy officer (1899-1911)
Assignments to China, Tokyo, and Washington (1912-1918)
Nomura and the era of naval limitation (1919-1937)
Foreign minister Nomura (September 1939-January 1940)
Ambassadorial appointment (August 1940-January 1941)
Ambassador Nomura and the draft understanding (January-April 1941)
A mission gone awry (May-October 1941)
The failure of a mission and war (November 1941-August 1945)
Cold warrior (November 1945-September 1951).
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