Kakuei Tanaka: Political Biography of Modern Japan Jon Katz taking us from ancient China

taking us from ancient China to medieval Europe

Publication Date: 05 Sep 2016

Latin America and Europe’s recent past to show how nationalism shaped the modern world

and remains an inspirational and controversial figure

And Legend has a choice to make that will forever change and define him

Kakuei Tanaka: Political Biography of Modern Japan Jon Katz taking us from ancient ChinaFascination alone is one reason for writing a book about Kakuei Tanaka. Neglect is another. A third reason is to inject an element of humanism into what is often described as the byzantine world of Japanese politics. A fourth and final reason is that the life of Kakuei Tanaka spans the entire breadth of modern Japanese history.