Jared Diamond is the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of the
Seminal million-copy-bestseller Guns, Germs, and Steel,
which was named one of Time magazine’s best non-fiction
Books of all time.
PENGUIN BOOKS、 2020.
Subtitle : How Nations Cope with Crisis and Change
With Finland, Chile, Indonesia, Germany, Australia, USA,
Diamond pike up Japan as an example of national crisis.
In Chapter 3,
Long-held policy of isolation from outside world was ended
on July 8,1853, when a fleet of American warships sailed into Tokyo
Bay’s entrance, demanding a treaty and rights for U.S. ships and sailors.
In Chapter 8.
Japan today faces numerous fundamental problems,・・・・
Japan‘s future is truly up for grabs in the hands of its own people.
I will introduce again more in detail after reading both chapters.