A History of Modern Japan: Revised Edition – Richard Storry Laatste Kans

The rise, fall, and renaissance of Japan, within the space of less than a hundred years, is one of the most curious and dramatic stories of our time. This history begins by describing the historical background to Japan’s emergence as a modern state in the 1860s. It then discusses in detail the stages of Japan’s advance as a world power up to the tragedy of the Pacific War. This struggle and its aftermath – the Occupation – are vividly described and analysed. The last chapter, bringing the account up to the …