Description: Agony of Choice, is the biography of Japanese statesman and diplomat Matsuoka Yosuke, offering a vivid narrative of twentieth-century Japanese diplomatic history.
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"As a richly textured study of a pivotal figure . . . it belongs in the library of all serious students of modern Japanese history and diplomacy. As a product of the best of 'old school' sensibilities and training, it is a real gem and should be required reading for graduate and undergraduate seminars on modern Japanese history, historiography, and diplomacy." --The Journal of Japanese Studies
". . . a standard work on the colorful Japanese leader . . . a rounded and engaging narrative." --H-Net: Humanities and Social Science Reviews Online