The Prime Ministers of Postwar Japan, 1945–1995

Their Lives and Times

Nonfiction, Social & Cultural Studies, Political Science, Politics, Leadership, History, Asian, Japan
Cover of the book The Prime Ministers of Postwar Japan, 1945–1995 by Akio Watanabe, Akira Amakawa, Haruhiro Fukui, Fukunaga Fumio, Sumio Hatano, Takeshi Igarashi, Takenori Inoki, Jun Iō, Makoto Iokibe, Shinichi Kitaoka, Masataka Kōsaka, Ikuo Kume, Atsushi Kusano, Hiroshi Masuda, Takashi Mikuriya, Michio Muramatsu, Takafusa Nakamura, Toshimitsu Shinkawa, Zenichirō Tanaka, Kentoku Yamamuro, Lexington Books
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Author: Akio Watanabe, Akira Amakawa, Haruhiro Fukui, Fukunaga Fumio, Sumio Hatano, Takeshi Igarashi, Takenori Inoki, Jun Iō, Makoto Iokibe, Shinichi Kitaoka, Masataka Kōsaka, Ikuo Kume, Atsushi Kusano, Hiroshi Masuda, Takashi Mikuriya, Michio Muramatsu, Takafusa Nakamura, Toshimitsu Shinkawa, Zenichirō Tanaka, Kentoku Yamamuro ISBN: 9781498510028
Publisher: Lexington Books Publication: April 29, 2016
Imprint: Lexington Books Language: English
Author: Akio Watanabe, Akira Amakawa, Haruhiro Fukui, Fukunaga Fumio, Sumio Hatano, Takeshi Igarashi, Takenori Inoki, Jun Iō, Makoto Iokibe, Shinichi Kitaoka, Masataka Kōsaka, Ikuo Kume, Atsushi Kusano, Hiroshi Masuda, Takashi Mikuriya, Michio Muramatsu, Takafusa Nakamura, Toshimitsu Shinkawa, Zenichirō Tanaka, Kentoku Yamamuro
ISBN: 9781498510028
Publisher: Lexington Books
Publication: April 29, 2016
Imprint: Lexington Books
Language: English

This book examines the lives and times of Japan’s postwar prime ministers, covering the period from 1945 to 1995. Written by Japan’s leading scholars, it is the first English-language biographical portrait of these twenty-three individuals who helped lead Japan on its road to recovery, its return to the community of nations, and its subsequent prosperity. Each chapter brings out, to varying degrees, the larger political and historical environment, party dynamics, and personality traits of the prime ministers. In addition, the book discusses not only the policy choices the prime ministers made, but how those decisions were made and what the consequences were for the country, ruling party, and the individual who made them. The Prime Ministers of Postwar Japan, 1945–1995 fills a large void in the literature on postwar Japan by introducing the actual people who made the decisions during these important years, rather than simply discussing the theories and institutions in which those decisions were made.

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This book examines the lives and times of Japan’s postwar prime ministers, covering the period from 1945 to 1995. Written by Japan’s leading scholars, it is the first English-language biographical portrait of these twenty-three individuals who helped lead Japan on its road to recovery, its return to the community of nations, and its subsequent prosperity. Each chapter brings out, to varying degrees, the larger political and historical environment, party dynamics, and personality traits of the prime ministers. In addition, the book discusses not only the policy choices the prime ministers made, but how those decisions were made and what the consequences were for the country, ruling party, and the individual who made them. The Prime Ministers of Postwar Japan, 1945–1995 fills a large void in the literature on postwar Japan by introducing the actual people who made the decisions during these important years, rather than simply discussing the theories and institutions in which those decisions were made.

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