Japanese-Russian Relations Under Brezhnev and Andropov

by Hiroshi Kimura

Overview

This study by the leading Japanese specialist in the field offers a comprehensive analysis of the deterioration of Soviet-Japanese relations in the 1970s and 1980s — a period when the two countries clashed over issues ranging from military security to fishing rights and their competing claims to the southern Kuriles, Japan's "Northern Territories", awarded to Stalin at Yalta.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780765605856
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	02/28/2000
Series:	Distant Neighbors Series , #1
Edition description:	REVISED
Pages:	432
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x (d)

Table of Contents

Part 1 What Made Japan and the Soviet Union “Distant Neighbors”?; Chapter 1 Basic Determinants of Japanese-Soviet Relations; Chapter 2 Approaches to National Security; Chapter 3 Japanese and Soviet Views on Territory; Part 2 Soviet Policies Toward Japan; Chapter 4 Soviet Policy Toward Asia; Chapter 5 Soviet Strategy and Tactics Toward Japan; Part 3 The Deterioration in Japanese-Soviet Relations; Chapter 6 Japanese and Soviet Negotiating Behavior; Chapter 7 The Conclusion of the Japan-China Peace Treaty (1978); Chapter 8 The Soviets Propose Substitute Treaties; Part 4 A Changing Global Environment; Chapter 9 The Impact of the Soviet Invasion of Afghanistan (1979); Chapter 10 From Clouded to “Somewhat Crystal”; Chapter 11 Andropov’s Policy; conclusion Conclusions;

Editorial Reviews

Drawing on his academic background in law and political science and his recent specialty in Russian foreign policy regarding Japan, Kimura (International Research Center for Japanese Studies, Kyoto) focuses on national security rather than northern territories; considers the dynamic relationship between geography, politics, security, and economics; discusses determinants, capabilities, strategies, and limits of Soviet policy; analyzes action-reaction patterns; and limits the study to 1976-83. The earlier work was published by home his institution in 1998. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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