Tanaka: The Making of Postwar Japan

By James Babb

Book Overview

Kakuei Tanaka was the most powerful politician in Japan for nearly two decades, and his followers have dominated Japanese politics for most of the country's recent history. This account of the life and times of Tanaka explores the public profile and private power-broking of a controversial and powerful politician, opening up in the process the intimate political history of modern Japan.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0582382157
• ISBN13: 9780582382152
• Release Date: January 2001
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 138 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 5.2" x 8.3"