British Foreign Secretaries and Japan, 1850-1990

Aspects of the Evolution of British Foreign Policy

Auteur: Best, Anthony; Cortazzi, Hugh
Éditeur: Amsterdam University Press
eISBN Pdf: 9781898823742
Lieu de publication: Amsterdam , Netherlands
Année de publication électronique: 2018
Mois : Juin
Pages: 400
Langue: Anglais

Légende

This book reviews the role of British Foreign Secretaries in the formulation of British policy towards Japan from the re-opening of Japan in the middle of the nineteenth century to the end of the twentieth century. It also takes a critical look at the history of British relations with Japan over these years. Beginning with Lord John Russell (Foreign Secretary 1859-1865) and concluding with Geoffrey Howe (Secretary of State for Foreign & Commonwealth Affairs, 1983-1989), the volume also examines the critical roles of two British Prime Ministers in the latter part of the twentieth century, Edward Heath and Margaret Thatcher, who ensured that Britain recognized both the reality and the opportunities for Britain resulting from the Japanese economic and industrial phenomenon. Heath’s main emphasis was on opening the Japanese market to British exports. Thatcher’s was on Japanese investment. This volume is a valuable addition to the Japan Society’s series devoted to aspects of Anglo-Japanese relations which includes ten volumes of Britain & Japan: Biographical Portraits as well as British Envoys in Japan.

Cover
Half Title
Title
Copyright
Contents
Introduction
List of Contributors
JAPANESE NAMES
1. British Relationswith Japan,1852–2017: An Overview
2. Lord John Russell, 1792–1878
3. Lord Clarendon, 1800–1870
4. Lord Granville, 1815–1891
5. Lord Derby, 1826–1893
6. Lord Salisbury, 1830–1903
7. Lord Rosebery, 1847–1929
8. Lord Kimberley, 1826–1902
9. Lord Lansdowne, 1845–1927
10. Sir Francis Bertie, 1844–1919
11. Sir Edward Grey, 1862–1933
12. Arthur James Balfour, 1848–1930
13. Lord Curzon, 1859–1925
14. Ramsay MacDonald, 1866–1937
15. Austen Chamberlain1863–1937
16. Sir John Simon1873–1954
17. Lord Lytton, 1876–1947
18. Sir Samuel Hoare, 1880–1959
19. Sir Anthony Eden, 1897–1977
20. Lord Halifax, 1881–1959
21. Lord Hankey, 1877–1963 and R.A. Butler, 1902–1982 and the ‘Appeasement of Japan, 1939–1941
22. Ernest Bevin 1881–1951
23. Winston Churchil 1874–1965
24. Britain and Japan, 1950–1990: A British Perspective
25. Sir Alec Douglas-Home, 1903–1995
26. Edward Heath, 1916–2005
27. Margaret Thatcher, 1925–2013
28. Sir Geoffrey Howe, 1926–2015
Bibliography
Index
Back Cover