Roger Buckley
US-Japan Alliance Diplomacy, 1945-1990.
Cambridge University Press, 1995. Cambridge Studies in International Relations, 21. 0521558654 xiv/225 pages.
Softcover volume, measuring approximately 6.25" x 9.25", displays light shelfwear. Binding is sound. Pages are clean and without markings.
"This book is a pioneering study of a remarkable post-war relationship. Based upon extensive American primary sources, it traces how the US moved from hostility to close friendship in its relations with Japan. Professor Roger Buckley is concerned with the degree of continuity in American policies towards Japan, the role of personalities and the beneficiary of foreign policy arrangements. He addresses these questions by highlighting the main features of each phase of the changing relationship. The author also stresses both the inequalities of US-Japan ties until the 1970s and the present strains that the two nations face in attempting to come to terms with shifts in relative economic power and a rapidly evolving international environment. The study concludes with an analysis of how strengthening ties are now the kewy to peace and stability in the entire Asian-Pacific regions."