Normalization of Japanese-Soviet Relations 1945-1970

Tallahassee, FL: The Diplomatic Press, 1973. Presumed First Edition, First printing. Hardcover. Good/No dust jacket present. xii, 190, [6] pages. Footnotes. Illustrations. Maps. Documents. Bibliography. Several pages of titles from The Diplomatic Press. Some endpaper discoloration. The author is retired from Jawaharlal Nehru University. He earned a M.A. Political Science, Delhi University, Ph.D. Degree in Japanese Studies, JNU, Japanese Studies. His major activities and societies: Teaching, Research on Japan Guiding students for Research on Japan, Writing Books and contribution to research journals, translation of Japanese literature from Japanese to Hindi and Tamil, Interpretation from English, Hindi at high government level talks as Prime Minister of India, Foreign Minister of India with the Prime Minister of Japan and other Ministers in his Cabinet. This work is an outgrowth of the author's dissertation. In examining the relations between Japan and the USSR since 1945, this study emphasizes: (1) the role played by the American-Soviet conflict in conditioning Japan's Soviet policy as well as her domestic developments; (2) the attempts made by the USSR to draw Japan into her on fold; and (3) the domestic compulsions which influenced Japan's policy toward the USSR. The author has tried to determine whether in the postwar era, Japan was just a pawn in the American-Soviet conflict or whether she did try to formulate positive policy towards the USSR on her own independent judgment.