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Title British foreign secretaries and Japan, 1850-1990 : aspects of the evolution of British foreign policy / edited by Antony Best and Hugh Cortazzi
Published [Place of publication not identified] RENAISSANCE Books, 2018

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Contents Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- Introduction & Chapter Summaries -- List of Contributors -- Abbreviations/ Names and Name Order -- 1. British Relations with Japan, 1852-2017: An Overview -- 2. Lord John Russell, 1792-1878 -- 3. Lord Clarendon, 1800-1870 -- 4. Lord Granville, 1815-1891 -- 5. Lord Derby, 1826-1893 -- 6. Lord Salisbury, 1830-1903 -- 7. Lord Rosebery, 1847-1929 -- 8. Lord Kimberley, 1826-1902 -- 9. Lord Lansdowne, 1845-1927 -- 10. Sir Francis Bertie, 1844-1919 -- 11. Sir Edward Grey, 1862-1933 -- 12. Arthur James Balfour, 1848-1930 -- 13. Lord Curzon, 1859-1925 -- 14. James Ramsay MacDonald, 1866-1937 -- 16. Sir John Simon, 1873-1954 -- 17. Lord Lytton, 1876-1947 -- 18. Sir Samuel Hoare, 1880-1959 -- 19. Sir Anthony Eden, 1897-1977 -- 20. Lord Halifax, 1881-1959 -- 21. Lord Hankey, 1877-1963 and R.A. Butler, 1902-1982 and the 'Appeasement of Japan, 1939-1941 -- 22. Ernest Bevin, 1881-1951 -- 23. Winston Churchill, 1874-1965 -- 24. Britain and Japan, 1950-1990: -- 25. Sir Alec Douglas-Home, 1903-1995 -- 26. Edward Heath, 1916-2005 -- 27. Margaret Thatcher, 1925-2013 -- 28. Sir Geoffrey Howe, 1926-2015 [Lord Howe of Aberavon] Foreign Secretary, 1983-89 -- Bibliography -- Index
Summary This book reviews the role of British Foreign Secretaries in the formulation of British policy towards Japan from the re-opening of Japan in the middle of the nineteenth century to the end of the twentieth century. It also takes a critical look at the history of British relations with Japan over these years
Analysis edward heath
foreign policy
margaret thatcher
prime ministers
Subject Diplomats -- Great Britain -- 19th century
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- International Relations -- General.
Diplomatic relations
Diplomats
SUBJECT Great Britain -- Foreign relations -- Japan -- History
Japan -- Foreign relations -- Great Britain -- History
Subject Great Britain
Japan
Genre/Form History
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9781898823742
189882374X