Nimmo examines Japanese and Russian attempts to resolve outstanding
differences lingering since the end of World War II. He provides an
in-depth analysis of Japanese efforts to regain control of the
Northern Territories and explores attitudes of both Japanese and
Russians at the grass roots level. As the end of the twentieth
century approaches, lingering shadows of the devastating
mid-century conflict witnessed in World War II are reflected in a
territorial dispute between Japan and Russia over possession of the
South Kurile Islands, known as the Northern Territories in Japan.
For more than four decades, Kremlin leaders contended there was no
territorial problem--the 1945 Yalta Agreement resolved the issue,
they claimed--but Japan doggedly insisted the islands were Japanese
territory. Yet, even with the major changes that have taken place
since the demise of the Soviet Union in 1991, Russia and Japan have
been unable to reach an agreement. Nimmo examines the attempts of
the two countries and their statesmen to resolve their differences.
He provides an in-depth analysis of Japanese efforts to regain
control of the Northern Territories and explores attitudes of both
Japanese and Russians at the grass roots level. Nimmo provides an
overview of the historical perspectives while giving an extended
examination of changing relationships in the post-1991 era. This
book will be of interest to diplomatic and military historians,
Japanese and Russian (Soviet) Studies scholars, and students of the
contemporary East Asia.
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