ABSTRACT
This study by the leading Japanese specialist in the field offers a comprehensive analysis of the deterioration of Soviet-Japanese relations in the 1970s and 1980s -- a period when the two countries clashed over issues ranging from military security to fishing rights and their competing claims to the southern Kuriles, Japan's "Northern Territories", awarded to Stalin at Yalta.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part One|72 pages
What Made Japan and the Soviet Union “Distant Neighbors”?
chapter Chapter 1|18 pages
Basic Determinants of Japanese-Soviet Relations
chapter Chapter 2|34 pages
Approaches to National Security
chapter Chapter 3|18 pages
Japanese and Soviet Views on Territory
part Two|38 pages
Soviet Policies Toward Japan
chapter Chapter 4|9 pages
Soviet Policy Toward Asia
chapter Chapter 5|27 pages
Soviet Strategy and Tactics Toward Japan
part Three|90 pages
The Deterioration in Japanese-Soviet Relations
chapter Chapter 7|37 pages
The Conclusion of the Japan-China Peace Treaty (1978)
chapter Chapter 8|24 pages
The Soviets Propose Substitute Treaties
part Four|62 pages
A Changing Global Environment
