Matthew Calbraith Perry by an unidentified artist, c. 1854, colored woodblock print. Commodore Matthew Calbraith Perry's greatest achievement in his long naval career was the establishment of diplomatic contact between Japan and the United States.
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution (CC0).
- Series editors
Roger Buckley, Prof. International History, ICU Rtd; Academic Visitor, the Nissan Institute, St Antony’s College, Oxford
Series
Politics, Security and Society in Asia Pacific
Discipline:Asian Studies
This series welcomes comparative and interdisciplinary research in the fields of politics, economics, contemporary social issues, security and human rights in Asia Pacific.
Public Diplomacy in Ireland and Japan
John Neary
Factional-Ideological Conflicts in Chinese Politics
Olivia Cheung
US-Japan Human Rights Diplomacy Post 1945
Roger Buckley
The State of the Japanese State
Gavan McCormack
China’s Naval Operations in the South China Sea
Bruce Elleman
The History of Manchuria, 1840-1948
Ian Nish
The Abe Experiment and the Future of Japan
Junji Banno, Jiro Yamaguchi