Tracks the key events and people shaping the British view of Asia by tracing the history of three Far Eastern embassies - in Japan, China and Korea - through the vicissitudes of war and revolution against the background of an apparent steady decline of western influence in Asia. | Author: J. E. Hoare | Publisher: Routledge | Publication Date: Aug 26, 2015 | Number of Pages: 272 pages | Language: English | Binding: Paperback | ISBN-10: 1138863165 | ISBN-13: 9781138863163