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The iconoclast : Shinzō Abe and the new Japan / Tobias S. Harris.

by Harris, Tobias S., 1982- author.

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London : Hurst & Company, 2020.

Abe, Shinzō, 1954-2022 -- Political and social views.

Japan -- Politics and government -- 20th century.

Japan -- Politics and government -- 1989-

9781787383104 (hardcover) :

1787383105 (hardcover)

xxvi, 456 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 22 cm

1. The last heisei prime minister -- 2. The birth of a dynasty -- 3. The world that made Shinzo -- 4. The iconoclast -- 5. Champion of the abductees -- 6. The weirdo -- 7. Abe's rise -- 8. The successor -- 9. Inferno -- 10. Abe in the wilderness -- 11. The comeback -- 12. "There is no alternative" -- 13. Building a new Japan -- 14. The slow boring of hard boards -- 15. Alliance of hope -- 16. The Gamble -- 17. In search of a legacy -- 18. A new Japan.

Shinzō Abe entered politics burdened by high expectations: that he would change Japan. In 2007, seemingly overwhelmed, he resigned after only a year as prime minister. Yet, following five years of reinvention, he masterfully regained the premiership in 2012, and now dominates Japanese democracy as no leader has done before. Abe has inspired fierce loyalty among his followers, cowing Japan's left with his ambitious economic programme and support for the security and armed forces. He has staked a leadership role for Japan in a region being rapidly transformed by the rise of China and India, while carefully preserving an ironclad relationship with Trump's America. The Iconoclast tells the story of Abe's meteoric rise and stunning fall, his remarkable comeback, and his unlikely emergence as a global statesman laying the groundwork for Japan's survival in a turbulent century.

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