Sailor Diplomat: Nomura Kichisaburō And the Japanese-American War

by Peter Mauch

As Japan's pre-Pearl Harbor ambassador to the United States, Admiral Nomura Kichisaburō (1877-1964) played a significant role in a tense and turbulent period in Japanese-U.S. relations. Scholars tend to view his actions and missteps as ambassador as representing the failure of diplomacy to avert the outbreak of hostilities between the two paramount Pacific powers.

This extensively researched biography casts new light on the life and...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0674055993
• ISBN13: 9780674055995
• Release Date: July 2011
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Length: 332 Pages
• Weight: 1.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.3" x 9.0"