Japan and Back : : And Places Elsewhere, A Memoir / / Hugh Cortazzi.

• Superior document: Asian Studies - Book Archive pre-2000
• VerfasserIn: Cortazzi, Hugh,
• Place / Publishing House: Leiden ;, Boston : : Brill,, 1998.; ©1998
• Year of Publication: 1998
• Language: English
• Series: Asian Studies - Book Archive pre-2000.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (viii, 255 pages)

Sir Hugh Cortazzi, one of Britain's most prominent post-war Ambassadors to Japan who was in Tokyo to receive Margaret Thatcher on her historic 'handbagging' visit in 1982, was never a so-called 'traditional' diplomat.Having gained entry to the Foreign Service in 1949 his diplomatic life was hardly 'conventional'; it was most certainly, at times, controversial -- from London to Bonn, to Washington (at the time of Watergate) but principally Japan where he undertook three tours of duty, the last as Ambassador, 1980-84. After retiring from the Diplomatic Service, he became a high-profile Chairman of the Japan Society in 1985, a post he held for ten years. This memoir is a real tour de force, providing the reader with an informed, critical perspective on world affairs in general, but with a particular emphasis on Japan.

Table of Contents

Preliminary Material / Hugh Cortazzi -- Dedication / Hugh Cortazzi -- Preface / Hugh Cortazzi -- Chapter One A Beginning / Hugh Cortazzi -- Chapter Two First Steps in Diplomacy / Hugh Cortazzi -- Chapter Three Japan in the 1960s / Hugh Cortazzi -- Chapter Four The 1970s: London and Washington / Hugh Cortazzi -- Chapter Five British Ambassador to Japan / Hugh Cortazzi -- Chapter Six A Different Perspective 1984-97 / Hugh Cortazzi -- Chapter Seven Japan: A Reassessment 1998 / Hugh Cortazzi -- Postscript / Hugh Cortazzi -- Index / Hugh Cortazzi.