Japan rising: the resurgence of Japanese power and purpose/
Kenneth B Pyle
- Washington DC : Public Affairs, 2007
- 448 p.
The remarkable story of the rise and fall of the modern era's first non-Western great power postwar Japan's equally ambitious economic expansion and the nation's precipitous loss of purpose in the 1990s. This book examines recent developments that may lead to a resurgent Japan in the present century. It is essential reading for anyone seeking to understand how Japan arrived at this moment and what to expect in the future.