03113nam a2200421 i 450000100060000000300090000600500170001500800410003201000170007302000180009003500130010804000400012104200080016104300210016905000230019008200190021310000400023224500810027224600280035326000670038130000390044850400670048750502680055452009850082252600080180760000400181563002390185565000460209465100480214065100560218865100530224465100440229765100440234185200400238594200120242599900170243795202370245445854BD-DhAAL20260607175502.0260607t20182018maua b 001 0 eng c a 2017058403 a9780674984424 a20250923 aMH/DLCbengcMHerdadDLCdBD-DhAAL apcc aa-ja---an-us---00aHN723.5bK355 201800a322.4409522231 aKapur, Nick,d1980-eauthor.96109610aJapan at the crossroads :bconflict and compromise after Anpo /cNick Kapur. 3aJapan at the crossroads aCambridge, Massachusetts :bHarvard University Press,c©2018. a325 pages :billustations ;c24 cm aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 277-308) and index.0 aIntroduction -- Reformulating the US-Japan alliance -- Stabilizing conservative rule -- The waning of the opposition parties -- The collapse of the 1960 coalition -- New directions in literature and the arts -- Reshaping the landscape of expression -- Conclusion. aJapan at the Crossroads explains how massive protests in Japan against the US-Japan alliance in 1960 produced enduring transformations in Japanese politics, society, and culture, as well as in US-Japan relations and the Cold War international system. The protests were the largest popular protests in Japan's modern history, lasting more than a year and reaching a violent climax in June 1960, when thousands of radical activists stormed the National Legislature, precipitating a battle with police and yakuza thugs which injured thousands. Although the protests ultimately failed to prevent passage of the Security Treaty, which remains in force to this day, they did shock the nation and the world, leading to the cancelation of a greatly anticipated visit to Japan by US president Eisenhower, the resignation of Japanese prime minister Kishi Nobusuke, and ultimately, the reformulation of US-Japan diplomacy and Japanese political and social relations.--cProvided by publisher8 aAAL10aKishi, Nobusuke,d1896-1987.96109700aAgreement under Article VI of the Treaty of Mutual Cooperation and Security between Japan and the United States of America, regarding Facilities and Areas and the Status of United States Armed Forces in Japand(1960 January 19)961098 0aProtest movementszJapanxHistory.961099 0aJapanxForeign relationsy1945-1989.960931 0aUnited StatesxForeign relationsy1953-1961.961100 0aJapanxCivilizationxAmerican influences.961101 0aJapanxRelationszUnited States.960558 0aUnited StatesxRelationszJapan.9605571 aAyesha Abed LibrarycGeneral Stacks 2ddccBK c48040d48040 00102ddc4070aBRACULbBRACULd2026-06-07eDonated by Embassy of Japan in Bangladesh, Read Japan Project 2025, The Tokyo Foundation, supported by The Nippon Foundation.l0o322.440952 KAPp3010045854r2026-06-07t1w2026-06-07yBK