Japan: A Reinterpretation Tpb
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“…An astute, accessible, and absorbingly original appreciation of a nation whose true colors have been exaggerated or misrepresented…”' Kirkus Reviews (featured review)
“…an excellent primer on post-cold war Japan.”' Time
“…Smith has a discerning eye for the conflicted nature of ordinary Japanese.”' Business Week
Patrick Smith has produced a landmark book timely, authoritative and completely engrossing that shows how Japan is engaged in a fundamental and far-reaching redefinition of itself. At the same time, Smith says, Westerners must also take a hard look at long-held myths and assumptions about Japan's historical, political, social and psychological development.
In the tradition of Hedrick Smith's The Russians, Japan: A Reinterpretation is destined to become a classic work on a powerful, yet still enigmatic country and its people.