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Japan Rising

The Resurgence of Japanese Power and Purpose

By: Kenneth Pyle

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Japan Rising

The Resurgence of Japanese Power and Purpose

By: Kenneth Pyle

Japan is on the verge of a sea change. After more than fifty years of national pacifism and isolation including the "lost decade" of the 1990s, Japan is quietly, stealthily awakening. As Japan prepares to become a major player in the strategic struggles of the 21st century, critical questions arise about its motivations. What are the driving forces that influence how Japan will act in the international system? Are there recurrent patterns that will help explain how Japan will respond to the emerging environment of world politics? American understanding of Japanese character and purpose has been tenuous at best. We have repeatedly underestimated Japan in the realm of foreign policy. Now as Japan shows signs of vitality and international engagement, it is more important than ever that we understand the forces that drive Japan. In Japan Rising, renowned expert Kenneth Pyle identities the common threads that bind the divergent strategies of modern Japan, providing essential reading for anyone seeking to understand how Japan arrived at this moment -- and what to expect in the future.

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Hiroshima and the Historians

Debating America's Most Controversial Decision

By: Kenneth B. Pyle

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Hiroshima and the Historians

Debating America's Most Controversial Decision

By: Kenneth B. Pyle

The decision to use atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki has been considered the most important – and perhaps most controversial - event in twentieth-century history. It ushered in many of the major developments of our time: the end of World War II, the beginning of the atomic age, the establishment of the American world order, and the start of the Cold War arms race. Kenneth B. Pyle illuminates both the complexities of the event itself and the debates among historians that continue today, as they wrestle with the moral issues of the decision, its necessity and its alternatives. While producing no final resolution to the controversy, historians have nevertheless advanced and deepened our understanding of this event. This accessible and thought-provoking analysis is a case study in the intricate nature of the historian's craft and a reminder of the value of historians in a free society.

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Cambridge University Press

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1009477471

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Japan in the American Century

By: Kenneth B. Pyle

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Japan in the American Century

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No nation was more deeply affected by America’s rise to world power than Japan. President Franklin Roosevelt’s uncompromising policy of unconditional surrender led to the catastrophic finale of the Asia-Pacific War and the most intrusive international reconstruction of another nation in modern history. Japan in the American Century examines how Japan, with its deeply conservative heritage, responded to the imposition of a new liberal order. The price Japan paid to end the occupation was a cold war alliance with the United States that ensured America’s dominance in the region. Still traumatized by its wartime experience, Japan developed a grand strategy of dependence on U.S. security guarantees so that the nation could concentrate on economic growth. Yet from the start, despite American expectations, Japan reworked the American reforms to fit its own circumstances and cultural preferences, fashioning distinctively Japanese variations on capitalism, democracy, and social institutions. Today, with the postwar world order in retreat, Japan is undergoing a sea change in its foreign policy, returning to an activist, independent role in global politics not seen since 1945. Distilling a lifetime of work on Japan and the United States, Kenneth Pyle offers a thoughtful history of the two nations’ relationship at a time when the character of that alliance is changing. Japan has begun to pull free from the constraints established after World War II, with repercussions for its relations with the United States and its role in Asian geopolitics.

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Harvard University Press

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0674989082

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From Apec to Xanadu

Creating a Viable Community in the Post-cold War Pacific

By: Donald C. Helleman,Kenneth B. Pyle,Donald C. Hellman

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From Apec to Xanadu

Creating a Viable Community in the Post-cold War Pacific

By: Donald C. Helleman,Kenneth B. Pyle,Donald C. Hellman

This volume analyzes the concerns that must be addressed if Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) is to be a viable component of the post-Cold War international order, such as what the future role of the USA who made Asia's transformation possible since 1945, is as a leader in that region. The economic analysis of legal and regulatory issues need not be limited to the neoclassical economic approach. The expert contributors to this work employ a variety of heterodox legal-economic theories to address a broad range of legal issues. They demonstrate how these various approaches can lead to very different conclusions concerning the role of the law and legal intervention in a wide array of contexts. The schools of thought and methodologies represented here include institutional economics, new institutional economics, socio-economics, social economics, behavioral economics, game theory, feminist economics, Rawlsian economics, radical economics, Austrian economics, and personalist economics. The legal and regulatory issues examined include anti-trust and competition, corporate governance, the environment and natural resources, land use and property rights, unions and collective bargaining, welfare benefits, work-time regulation and standards, sexual harassment in the workplace, obligations of employers and employees to each other, crime, torts, and even the structure of government. Each contributor brings a different emphasis and provides thoughtful, sometimes provocative analysis and conclusions. Together, these heterodox insights will provide valuable supplementary reading for courses in law and economics as well as public policy and business courses at both the graduate and undergraduate levels.

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Routledge

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1315502992

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The Japanese Question

Power and Purpose in a New Era

By: Kenneth B. Pyle

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The Japanese Question

Power and Purpose in a New Era

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In this update of the 1992 edition, the author describes the emergence of Japan's new Asian strategy since the Cold War and the dilemmas it poses for American policymakers.

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American Enterprise Institute

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Japan Rising

The Resurgence of Japanese Power and Purpose

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Food Chains, Yields, Models, And Management Of Large Marine Ecosoystems

By: Kenneth Sherman

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Food Chains, Yields, Models, And Management Of Large Marine Ecosoystems

By: Kenneth Sherman

Draws on case studies from tropical, temperate, and Arctic waters around the world, comparing multispecies biomass yield models for various large marine ecosystems. Emphasis is given to adaptive management as a strategy for maximizing the sustainability and productivity of living marine resources.

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0429715269

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The Japanese Question

Power and Purpose in a New Era

By: Kenneth B. Pyle

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Power and Purpose in a New Era

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In this update of the 1992 edition, the author describes the emergence of Japan's new Asian strategy since the Cold War and the dilemmas it poses for American policymakers.

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Hiroshima and the Historians

Debating America's Most Controversial Decision

By: Kenneth B. Pyle

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Debating America's Most Controversial Decision

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Japan Rising

Japan Rising

Hiroshima and the Historians

Hiroshima and the Historians

Japan in the American Century

Japan in the American Century

From Apec to Xanadu

From Apec to Xanadu

The Japanese Question

The Japanese Question

Japan Rising

Japan Rising

Food Chains, Yields, Models, And Management Of Large Marine Ecosoystems

Food Chains, Yields, Models, And Management Of Large Marine Ecosoystems

The Japanese Question

The Japanese Question

Hiroshima and the Historians

Hiroshima and the Historians

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