A History of Japan: From Stone Age to Superpower

A History of Japan: From Stone Age to Superpower by Kenneth G. Henshall. paperback edition. ISBN: 9781403912725.

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 nations progression to superpower status. Japans 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.