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Friends or Rivals?: The Insider´s Account of U.S.-Japan Relations
Michael Armacost
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Description for Friends or Rivals?: The Insider´s Account of U.S.-Japan Relations
Hardback. From his position of ambassador to Japan until 1993, Armacost offers an inside view and analysis of relations between the US and Japan during both the Bush and Clinton administrations, as well as offering his personal predictions and suggestions for the future of Japan policy in the US. Num Pages: 272 pages, 16 photos. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 1KBB; 3JJPN; 3JJPR; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 23. Weight in Grams: 590.
Michael Armacost, the United States ambassador to Japan until 1993, offers an insider's view of relations between the two most powerful economic forces in the economic war zone of contemporary U.S.-Japan relations. Friends Or Rivals? offers a comprehensive analysis of Japan policy under the Bush and Clinton administrations. Here too are Armacost's predictions and suggestions for the future. Armacost examines the promise and frustrations of interdependencies at a time when the world is changing. He chronicles American efforts to reduce a massive trade imbalance, arrange a more equitable sharing of mutual defense costs, elicit a substantial Japanese contribution ... Read more
Michael Armacost, the United States ambassador to Japan until 1993, offers an insider's view of relations between the two most powerful economic forces in the economic war zone of contemporary U.S.-Japan relations. Friends Or Rivals? offers a comprehensive analysis of Japan policy under the Bush and Clinton administrations. Here too are Armacost's predictions and suggestions for the future. Armacost examines the promise and frustrations of interdependencies at a time when the world is changing. He chronicles American efforts to reduce a massive trade imbalance, arrange a more equitable sharing of mutual defense costs, elicit a substantial Japanese contribution ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
Number of Pages
272
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780231104883
SKU
V9780231104883
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About Michael Armacost
Michael H. Armacost, President of the Brookings Institution, was Ambassador to Japan (1989-1993), Undersecretary of State for Political Affairs (1984-1989), and Ambassador to the Philippines (1982-1984). He has held teaching posts at georgetown, John Hopkins, and Stanford universities, among others, and is the author of The Polotics of Weapons Innovation (Columbia), The Foreign Relations of the United States, and Reflections ... Read more
Reviews for Friends or Rivals?: The Insider´s Account of U.S.-Japan Relations
Armacost, who served as U.S. ambassador to Japan during 1989-1993, has written a valuable book, recounting in great detail the events that claimed his attention in Tokyo... An excellent introduction to the study of an emerging Asia.
Akira Iriye Washington Post
Akira Iriye Washington Post