Two Hungry Giants: The United States and Japan in the Quest for Oil and Ores

by Raymond Vernon

This is the first book that explores the relationship between the United States and Japan in terms of the competition for industrial raw materials. With startling consistency, their responses to similar problems appear to stem from each country's history and culture, almost as if the country had no choice but to pursue the policy selected. Vernon suggests that in this field of policy, political leaders are prisoners of their national environment...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0674418727
• ISBN13: 9780674418721
• Release Date: February 1983
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Length: 167 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.7" x 9.6"