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082 0 4 _a327.2092
084 _aonline - DeGruyter
100 1 _aPackard, George
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245 1 0 _aEdwin O. Reischauer and the American Discovery of Japan /
_cGeorge Packard.
264 1 _aNew York, NY :
_bColumbia University Press,
_c[2010]
264 4 _c©2010
300 _a1 online resource (368 p.) :
_b9 illus.
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505 0 0 _tFrontmatter --
_tContents --
_tPreface --
_tAcknowledgments --
_t1. Born in Japan --
_t2. Japan, "the Dark Side of the Moon" --
_t3. On the Trail of Ennin --
_t4. The Scholar at War --
_t5. A Time of Large Ideas --
_t6. A Family Tragedy and a New Start --
_t7. A Time to "Put Up or Shut Up!" --
_t8. One Shining Moment --
_t9. A Darkening Sky --
_t10. A Hard Landing --
_t11. Nearing the River's Mouth --
_tEpilogue --
_tNotes --
_tIndex
506 0 _arestricted access
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520 _aIn 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.
530 _aIssued also in print.
538 _aMode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
546 _aIn English.
588 0 _aDescription based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 02. Mrz 2022)
650 0 _aAmbassadors
_zUnited States
_vBiography.
650 0 _aJapanologists
_zUnited States
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650 0 _aScholars
_zUnited States
_vBiography.
650 7 _aBIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Political.
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856 4 0 _uhttps://doi.org/10.7312/pack14354
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