The Imperial diplomat.(Agony of Choice: Matsuoka Yosuke and the Rise and Fall of the Japanese Empire, 1880-1946)(Book review)

From: American Diplomacy | Date: November 2, 2006| Author: Van Sant, John E. | Copyright information

Review of the book: Agony of Choice: Matsuoka Yosuke and the Rise and Fall of the Japanese Empire, 1880-1946. By David J. Lu. (Lanham, Maryland: Lexington Books, 2002. Pp. xviii, 309. $79 cloth.)

Agony of Choice is a revision and English translation of Matsuoka Yosuke to Sono Jidai [Matsuoka Yosuke and His Times] originally published in Tokyo in 1981. (1) David J. Lu, Professor Emeritus at Bucknell University, is particularly well-suited to research and write this biogra...

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