British Foreign Secretaries and Japan, 1850-1990: Aspects of the Evolution of British Foreign Policy
British Foreign Secretaries and Japan, 1850-1990: Aspects of the Evolution of British Foreign Policy
edited by Anthony Best and Hugh Cortazzi
Amsterdam University Press, 2018 eISBN: 978-1-898823-74-2
ABOUT THIS BOOK | AUTHOR BIOGRAPHY | TOC
ABOUT THIS BOOK
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.
AUTHOR BIOGRAPHY
Antony Best is Senior Lecturer in International Relations, London School of Economics (LSE) with particular reference to the study of Japan’s role in the modern world. Hugh Cortazzi, British Ambassador to Japan, 1980-1984, has edited or contributed to all the volumes in the Japan Society’s series.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Introduction & Chapter Summaries
HUGH CORTAZZI
List of Contributors
Abbreviations/ Names and Name Order
1. British Relations with Japan, 1852–2017: An Overview ANTONY BEST
2. Lord John Russell, 1792–1878
[lst Earl Russell]
Foreign Secretary, 1852–53, 1859–69
ANDREW COBBING
3. Lord Clarendon, 1800–1870
[George William Villiers, 4th Earl of Clarendon]
Foreign Secretary, 1853–58, 1865–66, 1868–70
ROBERT MORTON
4. Lord Granville, 1815–1891
[George Leveson Gower’ 2nd Earl Granville]
Foreign Secretary, 1870–74, 1880–85
ANDREW COBBING
5. Lord Derby, 1826–1893
[Lord Stanley & 15th Earl of Derby]
Foreign Secretary as Lord Stanley, 1866–68; as Lord Derby 1874–78
