Free Download John F Howes, "Nitobe Inazo: Japan’s Bridge Across The Pacific"
English | 2021 | ISBN: 0813389240, 0367017350, 0367167220 | EPUB | pages: 331 | 1.1 mb
This collection of essays chronicles for the first time in any language the career and works of pre-World War II Japan’s premier internationalist. A self-proclaimed "bridge across the Pacific," Nitobe used his superb command of English to interpret the Japanese people to the English-speaking world and to explain the West to his fellow Japanese. His success led to his appointment as Under Secretary of the League of Nations, before the Japanese invasion of Manchuria in 1931 led to his tragic downfall. Japan had forsaken his cosmopolitan vision, and not even his Quaker charm and eloquence could stand against the raw evidence of the Japanese army’s aggression.