Japanese Diplomacy in the 1950s Book

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Introduction Caroline Rose Rose, Caroline Tomaru Junko Junko, Tomaru 1

Pt. I Japan, Anglo-American rivalry, and indifference

1 The US, Britain, Japan, and the issue of casus belli 1951-2: Could a Soviet attack on Japan justify starting a third world war? Shibayama Futoshi Futoshi, Shibayama 13

2 Great Britain and Japanese rearmament, 1945-60 John Weste Weste, John 34

3 Japan in British Regional Policy towards South-East Asia, 1945-1960 Tomaru Junko Junko, Tomaru 55

Pt. II Japan's re-emergence in regional and international organizations 77

4 Japan at the Bandung Conference: An attempt to assert an independent foreign policy Kweku Ampiah Ampiah, Kweku 79

5 Japan's entry into ECAFE Oba Mie Mie, Oba 98

6 Japan's struggle for UN membership in 1955 Kurusu Kaoru Kaoru, Kurusu 114

Pt. III Japanese and US domestic constraints on foreign policy 137

7 The Lucky Dragon Incident of 1954: A failure of crisis management? John Swenson-Wright Swenson-Wright, John 139

8 The revision of the US-Japan security treaty and Okinawa: Factional and domestic political constraints on Japanese diplomacy in the 1950s Robert D. Eldridge Eldridge, Robert D. 164

9 Breaking the deadlock: Japan's informal diplomacy with the People's Republic of China, 1958-9 Caroline Rose Rose, Caroline 181

10 Conclusion John Weste Weste, John 200

Index 204