The desperate diplomat : Saburo Kurusu's memoir of the weeks before Pearl Harbor / edited by J. Garry Clifford and Masako R. Okura.
Kurusu, Saburō, author, translator.; Clifford, J. Garry (John Garry), 1942-2014, editor.; Okura, Masako R., editor.
2016
E183.8.J3 K8213 2016 (Mapit)
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Title The desperate diplomat : Saburo Kurusu's memoir of the weeks before Pearl Harbor / edited by J. Garry Clifford and Masako R. Okura.
Author Kurusu, Saburō, author, translator.
Uniform Title Nichi-Bei gaikō hiwa. English
ISBN 9780826220370 (hardcover)
0826220371 (hardcover)
Published Columbia, Missouri : University of Missouri Press, [2016]
Copyright ©2016
Language English
Description vi, 188 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Call Number E183.8.J3 K8213 2016
Dewey Decimal Classification 940.53/12
Summary On December 7, 1941, the course of U.S. history was changed forever with the bombing of Pearl Harbor. Three weeks prior, Japanese Special Envoy to the United States Saburo Kurusu had visited Washington in an attempt to further peace talks between Japan and America and spare his country the loss he knew would occur if a war began. But as he reported, "Working for peace is not as simple as starting a war." For more than seventy years, many have unfairly viewed Kurusu and his visit as part of the Pearl Harbor plot. Editors J. Garry Clifford and Masako R. Okura seek to dispel this myth with their edition of Kurusu's memoir, The Desperate Diplomat. Kurusu published his personal memoir in 1952, in Japanese, describing his efforts to prevent war between the two nations, his total lack of knowledge regarding the Pearl Habor attack, and what "might have been" had he been successful in his endeavor for peace, while offering an exclusive perspective on the Japanese reaction to the attack. However, the information contained in his memoir was unavailable to most of the world, save those fluent in Japanese, because it had never been published in another language. With the discovery of Kurusu's own unpublished English memoir, his story can finally be told to a wider audience. Clifford and Okura have used both the Japanese and English memoirs and added an introduction and annotations to Kurusu's story, making The Desperate Diplomat an essential look at an event that remains controversial in the history of both nations. -- from dust jacket.
Note Kurusu's own English translation of his 1952 memoir, Nichi-Bei gaikō hiwa.
Half-title page has title: The inside story of the Japanese-American negotiation : our diplomatic history.
Bibliography, etc. Note Includes bibliographical references (pages 153-182) and index.
Added Author Clifford, J. Garry (John Garry), 1942-2014, editor.
Okura, Masako R., editor.
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The inside story of the Japanese-American negotiation: Our diplomatic history / Saburo Kurusu
Kurusu's preface
From Part I: Sketching on the sand
Part II: The Japanese-American negotiation
The interrupted, misread, misinterpreted messages
The midnight messenger
My meeting with Premier Tōjō
Passing through the places of my two years of service
My forty-eight hours at Midway
Washington at the time of my arrival
My first meeting with the President
My first negotiation with Hull
The deteriorating One Week
My conference with Hull at his home
Hull's fatal note
Negotiation falls into a tight spot
Our second meeting with the President
Premier Tōjō's speech to expel America and Great Britain
Plan for the exchange of messages between heads of state
The "If" lurking behind history
The kindness of Baruch
The final ultimatum
Life during internment
Several speculations
Contemplation and observation
Exchange ship
Arrival home.

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