وزیران خارجه بریتانیا و ژاپن، ۱۸۵۰-۱۹۹۰: جنبه‌هایی از تکامل سیاست خارجی بریتانیا

This book reviews the role of British Foreign Secretaries in the formulation of British policy towards Japan from the re-opening of Japan in the middle of the nineteenth century to the end of the twentieth century. It also takes a critical look at the history of British relations with Japan over these years. Beginning with Lord John Russell (Foreign Secretary 1859-1865) and concluding with Geoffrey Howe (Secretary of State for Foreign & Commonwealth Affairs, 1983-1989), the volume also examines the critical roles of two British Prime Ministers in the latter part of the twentieth century, Edward Heath and Margaret Thatcher, who ensured that Britain recognized both the reality and the opportunities for Britain resulting from the Japanese economic and industrial phenomenon. Heath’s main emphasis was on opening the Japanese market to British exports. Thatcher’s was on Japanese investment. This volume is a valuable addition to the Japan Society’s series devoted to aspects of Anglo-Japanese relations which includes ten volumes of Britain & Japan: Biographical Portraits as well as British Envoys in Japan. British relations with Japan, 1852-2017 : an overview / Antony Best -- Lord John Russell, 1792-1878 / Andrew Cobbing -- Lord Clarendon, 1800-1870 / Robert Morton -- Lord Granville, 1815-1891 / Andrew Cobbing -- Lord Derby, 1826-1893 / Robert Morton & Andrew Cobbing -- Lord Salisbury, 1830-1903 / Thomas Otte -- Lord Rosebery, 1847-1929 / Ian Nish -- Lord Kimberley, 1826-1902 / Thomas Otte -- Lord Landsdowne, 1845-1927 / Thomas Otte -- Sir Francis Bertie, 1844-1919 / Thomas Otte -- Sir Edward Grey, 1862-1933 / Ian Nish -- Arthur James Balfour, 1848-1930 / Ian Nish -- Lord Curzon, 1859-1925 / Ian Nish -- James Ramsay MacDonald, 1866-1937 / John Ferris -- Austen Chamberlain, 1863-1937 / Antony Best -- Sir John Simon, 1873-1954 / Antony Best -- Lord Lytton, 1876-1947 / Antony Best -- Sir Samuel Hoare, 1880-1959 / Antony Best -- Sir Anthony Eden, 1897-1977 / Antony Best -- Lord Halifax, 1881-1959 / Antony Best -- Lord Hankey, 1877-1963 and R. A. Butler, 1902-1982 and the 'Appeasement of Japan, 1939-1941 / Antony Best -- Ernest Bevin, 1881-1951 / Roger Buckley -- Winston Churchill, 1874-1965 / Eiji Seki -- Britain and Japan, 1950-1990 : a British perspective / Hugh Cortazzi -- Sir Alec Douglas-Home, 1903-1995 / Antony Best -- Edward Heath, 1916-2005 / Hugh Cortazzi -- Margaret Thatcher, 1925-2013 / Hugh Cortazzi -- Sir Geoffrey Howe, 1926-2015 / David Warren