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Edwin O. Reischauer and the American Discovery of Japan / George Packard.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: New York, NY : Columbia University Press, [2010]Copyright date: ©2010Description: 1 online resource (368 p.) : 9 illusContent type:
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ISBN:
  • 9780231143547
  • 9780231512770
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 327.2092
LOC classification:
  • E840.8.R45 P33 2010
Other classification:
  • online - DeGruyter
Online resources: Available additional physical forms:
  • Issued also in print.
Contents:
Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- 1. Born in Japan -- 2. Japan, "the Dark Side of the Moon" -- 3. On the Trail of Ennin -- 4. The Scholar at War -- 5. A Time of Large Ideas -- 6. A Family Tragedy and a New Start -- 7. A Time to "Put Up or Shut Up!" -- 8. One Shining Moment -- 9. A Darkening Sky -- 10. A Hard Landing -- 11. Nearing the River's Mouth -- Epilogue -- Notes -- Index
Summary: In 1961, President Kennedy named Edwin O. Reischauer the U.S. Ambassador to Japan. Already deeply intimate with the country, Reischauer hoped to establish a more equal partnership with Japan, which had long been maligned in the American imagination. Reischauer pushed his fellow citizens to abandon caricature and stereotype and recognize Japan as a peace-loving democracy. Though his efforts were often condemned for being "too soft," the immensity of his influence (and the truth of his arguments) can be felt today. Having worked as Reischauer's special assistant in Tokyo, George R. Packard writes the definitive—and first—biography of this rare, charismatic talent. Reischauer reset the balance between two powerful nations. During World War II, he analyzed intelligence and trained American codebreakers in Japanese. He helped steer Japan toward democracy and then wrote its definitive English-language history. Reischauer's scholarship supplied the foundations for future East Asian disciplines, and his prescient research foretold America's missteps with China and involvement in Vietnam. At the time of his death in 1990, Reischauer warned the U.S. against adopting an attitude toward Asia that was too narrow and self-centered. India, Pakistan, and North Korea are now nuclear powers, and Reischauer's political brilliance has become more necessary and trenchant than ever.
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Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- 1. Born in Japan -- 2. Japan, "the Dark Side of the Moon" -- 3. On the Trail of Ennin -- 4. The Scholar at War -- 5. A Time of Large Ideas -- 6. A Family Tragedy and a New Start -- 7. A Time to "Put Up or Shut Up!" -- 8. One Shining Moment -- 9. A Darkening Sky -- 10. A Hard Landing -- 11. Nearing the River's Mouth -- Epilogue -- Notes -- Index

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In 1961, President Kennedy named Edwin O. Reischauer the U.S. Ambassador to Japan. Already deeply intimate with the country, Reischauer hoped to establish a more equal partnership with Japan, which had long been maligned in the American imagination. Reischauer pushed his fellow citizens to abandon caricature and stereotype and recognize Japan as a peace-loving democracy. Though his efforts were often condemned for being "too soft," the immensity of his influence (and the truth of his arguments) can be felt today. Having worked as Reischauer's special assistant in Tokyo, George R. Packard writes the definitive—and first—biography of this rare, charismatic talent. Reischauer reset the balance between two powerful nations. During World War II, he analyzed intelligence and trained American codebreakers in Japanese. He helped steer Japan toward democracy and then wrote its definitive English-language history. Reischauer's scholarship supplied the foundations for future East Asian disciplines, and his prescient research foretold America's missteps with China and involvement in Vietnam. At the time of his death in 1990, Reischauer warned the U.S. against adopting an attitude toward Asia that was too narrow and self-centered. India, Pakistan, and North Korea are now nuclear powers, and Reischauer's political brilliance has become more necessary and trenchant than ever.

Issued also in print.

Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.

In English.

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