Pacific Estrangement: Japanese and American Expansion, 1897-1911

by Akira Iriye

Book by Iriye, Akira

304 pages, Hardcover

First published December 12, 1972

About the author

Akira Iriye was an historian of American diplomatic history, especially United States-East Asian relations, and international issues. A graduate of Haverford College and Harvard University, he taught at the University of California at Santa Cruz, the University of Rochester, and the University of Chicago before accepting an appointment as Professor of History at Harvard University in 1989, where he became Charles Warren Professor of American History in 1991. He was Director of the Edwin O. Reischauer Institute of Japanese Studies from 1991 through 1995. He served as President of the American Historical Association in 1988, and also served as president for the Society for Historians of American Foreign Relations.