This book by a leading authority on Anglo-Japanese relations
reconsiders the circumstances which led to the unlikely alliance of
1902 to 1922 between Britain, the leading world power of the day
and Japan, an Asian, non-European nation which had only recently
emerged from self-imposed isolation. Based on extensive original
research the book goes beyond existing accounts which concentrate
on high politics, strategy and simple assertions about the two
countries' similarities as island empires. It brings into the
picture cultural factors, particularly the ways in which Japan was
portrayed in Britain, and ambivalent British attitudes to race and
supposed European superiority which were overcome but remained
difficulties. It charts how the relationship developed as events
unfolded, including Japan's wars against China and Russia, and in
addition looks at royal diplomacy, where the Japanese Court came
eventually to be treated as a respected equal. Overall, the book
provides a major reassessment of this important subject.
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