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: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0367622297
• ISBN13: 9780367622299
• Release Date: May 2022
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 276 Pages
• Weight: 0.87 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.2"