British Engagement with Japan, 1854-1922: The Origins and Course of an Unlikely Alliance

by Antony Best

Book Overview

This book by a leading authority on Anglo-Japanese relations reconsiders the circumstances which led to the unlikely alliance of 1902 to 1922 between Britain, the leading world power of the day and Japan, an Asian, non-European nation which had only recently emerged from self-imposed isolation. Based on extensive original research the book goes beyond existing accounts which concentrate on high politics, strategy and simple assertions about the...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1138477303
• ISBN13: 9781138477308
• Release Date: November 2020
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 264 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.4" x 9.3"