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Tags: History, Lang:en
Summary
This new translation from Japanese tells the story for the
first time in English of Baron Kaneko's one-man diplomatic
mission to the U.S. during the Russo-Japanese War (1904-05), in
which he was tasked with winning the hearts and minds of the
American people to the Japanese side. He achieved this through
personal contacts with major figures including his close friend
President Theodore Roosevelt, after-dinner speeches, lectures,
press conferences and newspaper interviews, thereby displaying
a mastery of the media which seems thoroughly modern in its
influence and control. Upholding the principles of Bushido as
explained by Nitobe Inazo in his book of that name first
published in 1900, he was careful not to attack or slander his
Russian opponent Count Cassini and mourned Admiral Makarov's
death in battle. 26 B/W images. This volume includes an
extensive bibliography, a chronology and an index. (Also
available as a hardcover, paperback or download from the
publisher, and at online retail stores.) **