LEADER 03336nam 2200625Ia 450 001 9910966346603321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a9780674038974 010 $a0674038975 024 7 $a10.4159/9780674038974 035 $a(CKB)1000000000805657 035 $a(StDuBDS)AH21620433 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000225204 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11910967 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000225204 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10229993 035 $a(PQKB)10264541 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3300747 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10331333 035 $a(OCoLC)923117185 035 $a(DE-B1597)574603 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780674038974 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3300747 035 $a(Perlego)1132934 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000805657 100 $a19980917d1981 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur||||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aPower and culture $ethe Japanese-American War, 1941-1945 /$fAkira Iriye 210 $aCambridge, MA ;$aLondon $cHarvard University Press$d1981 215 $aix, 304 p 300 $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph 311 08$a9780674695801 311 08$a0674695801 311 08$a9780674695825 311 08$a0674695828 320 $aIncludes bibliography (p. 287-295) and index. 327 $tFrontmatter -- $tPREFACE -- $tCONTENTS -- $tMaps -- $t1 The End of Uncertainty -- $t2 Abortive New Order -- $t3 Redefining War Aims -- $t4 Japanese-American Rapprochement -- $t5 The Making of Postwar Asia -- $t6 Conclusion -- $tNotes -- $tBibliography -- $tIndex 330 8 $aPower and Culture challenges existing assumptions about the war in the Pacific. By focusing on the interplay between culture and international relations, one of the world's most distinguished scholars of United States-Japanese affairs offers a startling reassessment of what the war really meant to the two combatants. Akira Iriye examines the Japanese-American war for the first time from the cultural perspectives of both countries, arguing that it was more a search for international order than a ruthless pursuit of power.His thesis is bold, for he convincingly demonstrates that throughout the war many Japanese leaders shared with their American counterparts an essentially Wilsonian vision of international cooperation. As the war drew to a close, these statesmen began to plan for a cooperative world structure that was remarkably similar to the ideas of American policymakers. Indeed, as Iriye shows, the stunning success of Japanese-American postwar relations can be understood only in the light of a deep convergence of their ideals.Iriye has drawn his conclusions from original research, using official Japanese archives and recently declassified American documents. These offer a totally new perspective on the ways leaders in both countries actually viewed the war they were waging. 606 $aWorld War, 1939-1945$zUnited States 606 $aWorld War, 1939-1945$zJapan 615 0$aWorld War, 1939-1945 615 0$aWorld War, 1939-1945 676 $a940.5352 700 $aIriye$b Akira$0511133 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910966346603321 996 $aPower and culture$91177799 997 $aUNINA