Nick Kapur is Assistant Professor of History at Rutgers University–Camden.
Lucidly written and remarkably informative, Japan at the Crossroads
is the book on Anpo and the early 1960s that the field has long
needed, and should be required reading on the history of early
postwar Japan.
*American Historical Review*
Magnificent…The introduction is, simply put, the best short history
of the Anpo protests that exists in English…This book is essential
reading for anyone hoping to explore the aftermath of Anpo in
Japan, and indeed the culture of the 1960s and beyond.
*Journal of Asian Studies*
Impressive…This book is destined to become the first point of
contact for anyone wanting to understand the antecedents, the
course, and the consequences of the Anpo protests through a
comprehensive and contemporary lens… Thoroughly engrossing and
thought-provoking.
*Journal of Japanese Studies*
A broad and ambitious work…Makes a strong case for the impact of
the 1960 Anpo protests in reshaping Japanese politics and
society.
*Monumenta Nipponica*
Broad in scope and fine-grained in analysis, Kapur’s incisive study
of public protest and political realignment shows that Japan stands
shoulder to shoulder with Europe, the Americas, and the People’s
Republic of China as a site of cultural upheaval and political
division during the global 1960s. This imaginatively
conceptualized, gracefully written book offers a thoroughgoing
reconsideration of conflict and compromise during that tumultuous
decade in Japan.
*Tom Havens, Northeastern University*
Kapur fixes a hole in our understanding of what happened in the
wake of the 1960 US–Japan Security Treaty crisis by showing how the
grand coalitions of the late 1950s were remade into smaller, more
stratified social movements. This book will be required reading for
anyone seeking to understand the conservative interregnum that
demarcated the Security Treaty protests of 1960 and the Vietnam War
protests of 1968.
*Christopher Gerteis, School of Oriental and African Studies,
University of London*
Kapur productively surveys Japan in 1960, showing how the
anti–Security Treaty protests catalyzed enormous social ferment.
The ‘Anpo’ moment shook Japan’s political and cultural institutions
to their foundations but failed to achieve the political
transformation so many people deeply desired, creating a sense of
unfinished business that continues to this day.
*Laura Hein, Northwestern University*
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