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In a rare combination of comprehensive coverage and sustained critical focus, this book examines Japanese history in its entirety to identify the factors underlying the nation's progression to superpower status. Japan's achievement is explained not merely in economic terms, but at a more fundamental level, as a product of historical patterns of response to circumstance. Japan is shown to be a nation historically impelled by a pragmatic determination to succeed. The book also highlights unresolved questions and little-known facts.

KENNETH G. HENSHALL is Professor Japanese Studies at the University of Canterbury, New Zealand. He has published on a range of Japan-related topics such as history, society, language and literature, and is author of the best-selling Guide to Remembering Japanese Characters.