Japan's Response to the Gorbachev Era, 1985-1991: A Rising Superpower Views a Declining One

by Gilbert Rozman

Book Overview

Gorbachev's transformation of both Soviet socialism and the Cold War world atmosphere kindled a far-reaching debate in Japan. Would Japan at last free itself of its secondary postwar standing? Would a new Soviet system and world order soon be established? Gilbert Rozman argues in Japan's Response to the Gorbachev Era, that Japanese perceptions of the Soviet Union are distinctive and are helpful for understanding what will become an influential...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0691600333
• ISBN13: 9780691600338
• Release Date: July 2014
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Length: 388 Pages
• Weight: 1.19 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.1" x 9.2"