Tanaka The Making of Postwar Japan |
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| Author:
| Babb, James |
| ISBN: | 978-1-306-87164-8 |
| Publication Date: | Jan 2014 |
| Publisher: | Routledge
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| Book Format: | Ebook |
| List Price: | USD $182.95 |
Book Description:
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Kakuei Tanaka was the most powerful politician in Japan for nearly two decades, and his followers have dominated Japanese politics for most of the country's recent history. This account of the life and times of Tanaka explores the public profile and private power-broking of a controversial and powerful politician, opening up in the process the intimate political history of modern Japan.
Kakuei Tanaka was the most powerful politician in Japan for nearly two decades, and his followers have dominated Japanese politics for most of the country's recent history. This account of the life and times of Tanaka explores the public profile and private power-broking of a controversial and powerful politician, opening up in the process the intimate political history of modern Japan.