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Description

1. 325 pages : illustrations; 25 cm

Summary

1. Japan at the Crossroads explains how massive protests in Japan against the US-Japan alliance in 1960 produced enduring transformations in Japanese politics, society, and culture, as well as in US-Japan relations and the Cold War international system. The protests were the largest popular protests in Japan's modern history, lasting more than a year and reaching a violent climax in June 1960, when thousands of radical activists stormed the National Legislature, precipitating a battle with police and yakuza thugs which injured thousands. Although the protests ultimately failed to prevent passage of the Security Treaty, which remains in force to this day, they did shock the nation and the world, leading to the cancelation of a greatly anticipated visit to Japan by US president Eisenhower, the resignation of Japanese prime minister Kishi Nobusuke, and ultimately, the reformulation of US-Japan diplomacy and Japanese political and social relations.--

Subject

1. Japan
2. United States
3. Protest movements
4. Kishi, Nobusuke, 1896-1987
5. Diplomatic relations
6. 1945-1989
7. Japan > Relations > United States
8. United States > Relations > Japan
9. Civilization > American influences
10. Protest movements > Japan > History
11. History
12. International relations
13. Agreement under Article VI of the Treaty of Mutual Cooperation and Security between Japan and the United States of America, regarding Facilities and Areas and the Status of United States Armed Forces in Japan (1960 January 19)
14. Japan > Civilization > American influences
15. United States > Foreign relations > 1953-1961
16. Japan > Foreign relations > 1945-1989

Genre/Form

1. History.

Contents

1. Reformulating the US-Japan alliance -- Stabilizing conservative rule -- The waning of the opposition parties -- The collapse of the 1960 coalition -- New directions in literature and the arts -- Reshaping the landscape of expression.

Call number

1. JFE 18-7849

Bibliography (note)

1. Includes bibliographical references (pages 277-308) and index.

Author

1. Kapur, Nick, 1980- author.

Title

1. Japan at the crossroads : conflict and compromise after Anpo / Nick Kapur.

Publisher

1. Cambridge, Massachusetts ; London, England : Harvard University Press, 2018.

Copyright date

1. ©2018

Type of content

1. text

Type of medium

1. unmediated

Type of carrier

1. volume

Bibliography

1. Includes bibliographical references (pages 277-308) and index.

Chronological term

1. 1945-1989

LCCN

1. 2017058403

Other standard identifier

1. 40028370087

ISBN

1. 9780674984424 (alkaline paper)
2. 0674984420 (alkaline paper)

Research call number

1. JFE 18-7849