Our man in Tokyo

an American ambassador and the countdown to Pearl Harbor
Steve Kemper
Book - 2022

"In 1932, Japan was in crisis. Naval officers had assassinated the prime minister. The military had a stranglehold on the government. War with Russia loomed, and propaganda campaigns swept the country, urging schoolchildren to give money to procure planes and tanks. Into this maelstrom stepped Joseph C. Grew, America's most experienced and talented diplomat. When Grew was appointed to serve as ambassador to Japan, not only was the country in turmoil, but its relationship with America also was strained-and rapidly deteriorating. For the next decade, Grew attempted to warn American leaders about the risks of Japan's raging nationalism and rising militarism, while also trying to stabilize Tokyo's increasingly erratic and volatile foreign policy. From domestic terrorism by Japanese extremists, to the global rise of Hitler, to the attack on Pearl Harbor, the events that unfolded during Grew's tenure proved to be pivotal for Japan, and for the world. And his dispatches from the darkening heart of the Japanese empire would prove to be prescient-for his time, and for our own. Drawing on deep research to bring to life this bygone world and the abyss that swallowed it, Our Man in Tokyo is a revealing portrait of man who risked everything to avert another world war, and of a nation whose nationalistic forces proved unstoppable"--

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मुख्य लेखक: Kemper, Steve (लेखक)
स्वरूप: पुस्तक
भाषा:English
प्रकाशित: New York : Mariner Books, [2022]
संस्करण:First edition.
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505 0 |a Prologue -- The mission begins -- Settling in -- Temblors -- A rash of espionage -- A year of small fires -- Keeping his shirt on -- Lovers and patriots -- Bison and Nazis -- A deceptive calm -- A cabinet falls -- A swashbuckling temper -- Phobias -- A purge, an organ, another assassination -- Insurrection -- A lull -- A pact -- Kokutai -- Quagmire -- Bombing, regrets, bombing, regrets -- The Panay incident -- Strenuous stasis -- Appeasement -- A new order -- Maneuvers from all directions -- Abrogation -- Gallons of vinegar -- The horse's mouth -- Fire-eaters on all sides -- A golden opportunity -- Hell-bent toward the axis -- The Matsuoka hurricane -- Green light -- A grim and cruel year -- Darkening -- A rumor of Pearl -- Negotiations -- Bad drafts -- Too much Matsuoka -- A betrayal and a purge -- The freeze -- The crossroads of peace and war -- Rough winds and waves -- Tense silence -- Kabuki -- A deadline for diplomacy -- Offerings -- Decision for war -- Infamy -- Back home. 
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