British Foreign Secretaries and Japan 1850-1990: Aspects of the Evolution of British Foreign Policy

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Aspects of the Evolution of British Foreign Policy

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Edited by Antony Best, Hugh Cortazzi

Publisher:: Amsterdam University Press
Online publication date:: April 2022
Print publication year:: 2018
Online ISBN:: 9781898823742
DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781898823742

Subjects:: British History after 1450, History

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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 and 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.

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Aspects of the Evolution of British Foreign Policy

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Frontmatter
pp i-iv

Contents
pp v-viii

Introduction & Chapter Summaries
pp ix-xvi

Chapter Summaries
pp xvii-xxii

List of Contributors
pp xxiii-xxiv

Abbreviations/ Names and Name Order
pp xxv-xxvi

1 - British Relations with Japan, 1852–2017: An Overview
pp 1-21

2 - Lord John Russell, 1792–1878 [lst Earl Russell] Foreign Secretary, 1852–53, 1859–69
pp 22-31

3 - Lord Clarendon, 1800–1870 [George William Villiers, 4th Earl of Clarendon] Foreign Secretary, 1853–58, 1865–66, 1868–70
pp 32-41

4 - Lord Granville, 1815–1891 [George Leveson Gower, 2nd Earl Granville] Foreign Secretary, 1870–74, 1880–85
pp 42-51

5 - Lord Derby, 1826–1893 [Lord Stanley & 15th Earl of Derby] Foreign Secretary as Lord Stanley, 1866–68; as Lord Derby 1874–78
pp 52-61

6 - Lord Salisbury, 1830–1903 [3rd Marquess of Salisbury] Foreign Secretary, 1878–80, 1885–86, 1887–92, 1895–1900. Prime Minister, 1885–86, 1886–92, 1895–1902
pp 62-73

7 - Lord Rosebery, 1847–1929 [5th Earl of Rosebery] Foreign Secretary, 1886, 1892–94 Prime Minister, 1894–95
pp 74-81

8 - Lord Kimberley, 1826–1902 [John Wodehouse, 1st Earl of Kimberley] Foreign Secretary, 1894–95
pp 82-90

9 - Lord Lansdowne, 1845–1927 [Henry Charles Keith Petty-Fitzmaurice, 5th Marquess of Lansdowne] Foreign Secretary, 1900–05
pp 91-102

10 - Sir Francis Bertie, 1844–1919 Key official in framing the Anglo-Japanese Alliance
pp 103-114

11 - Sir Edward Grey, 1862–1933 [Viscount Grey of Falloden] Foreign Secretary, 1905–16
pp 115-123

12 - Arthur James Balfour, 1848–1930 [lst Earl of Balfour] Foreign Secretary, 1916–19 Prime Minister, 1902–05
pp 124-132

13 - Lord Curzon, 1859–1925 [George Nathaniel, 1st Marquess Curzon of Kedleston] Foreign Secretary, 1919–24
pp 133-142

14 - James Ramsay MacDonald, 1866–1937 Foreign Secretary, 1924 Prime Minister, 1929–31
pp 143-152

15 - Austen Chamberlain, 1863–1937 Foreign Secretary, 1924–29 Neville Chamberlain, 1869–1940 Prime Minister, 1937–40
pp 153-161

16 - Sir John Simon, 1873–1954 [lst Viscount Simon] Foreign Secretary, 1931–35
pp 162-172

17 - Lord Lytton, 1876–1947 [Victor Alexander George Robert Bulwer-Lytton, 2nd Earl of Lytton], A key role in advancing Anglo-Japanese Relations in the 1930s
pp 173-178

18 - Sir Samuel Hoare, 1880–1959 [Samuel Gurney, 1st Viscount Templewood] Foreign Secretary, June-December 1935
pp 179-183

19 - Sir Anthony Eden, 1897–1977 [lst Earl of Avon] Foreign Secretary 1935–38, 1940–45, 1951–55
pp 184-191

20 - Lord Halifax, 1881–1959 [Edward Wood, 1st Earl of Halifax] Foreign Secretary, 1938–40
pp 192-199

21 - Lord Hankey, 1877–1963 and R.A. Butler, 1902–1982 and the ‘Appeasement of Japan, 1939–1941 Foreign Secretary (Butler), 1963–64
pp 200-209

22 - Ernest Bevin, 1881–1951 Foreign Secretary, 1945–51
pp 210-219

23 - Winston Churchill, 1874–1965 Prime Minister, 1940–45, 1951–55
pp 220-231

24 - Britain and Japan, 1950–1990: A British Perspective
pp 232-258

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