The International Minimum: Creativity and Contradiction in Japan's Global Engagement, 1933-1964

by Jessamyn R. Abel

The International Minimum tells the history of internationalism in Japan from the 1930s to 1960s, shedding light on the deep connections between modes of diplomacy during times of aggressive imperial expansion and of peaceful cooperation. For most of the twentieth century, a rhetoric of international cooperation for peace and stability persisted as the lingua franca of foreign relations in Japan and around the world, even during the years of rampant...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0824841077
• ISBN13: 9780824841072
• Release Date: May 2015
• Publisher: University of Hawaii Press
• Length: 344 Pages
• Weight: 1.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 6.1" x 9.1"