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June Teufel Dreyer is Professor of Political Science at the University of Miami. Formerly senior Far East specialist at the Library of Congress, she has also served as Asia policy advisor to the Chief of Naval Operations and as commissioner of the United States-China Economic and Security Review Commission established by the U.S. Congress. Professor Dreyer has published widely on the Chinese military, Asian-Pacific security issues, China-Taiwan relations, Sino-Japanese relations, ethnic minorities in China, and Chinese foreign policy.
well-informed on security issues, even-handed politically, and situates future China-Japan possibilities in the context of the many-centuries-long history of China-Japan relations. * Edward Friedman, Taiwan Business Topics * As Dreyer's book shows, the history of Sino-Japanese relations has proved a terrible and bloody one. Creating a sustainable framework in which, at the very least, they can both manage their problems toward each other without resorting to fighting is the single greatest challenge, and the source of the most worrying instability, in Asia today. * Kerry Brown, Diplomat * Dreyer's warning is timely, but will it be heeded? * Steve Craggs, Northern Echo * June Teufel Dreyer's magisterial history of the two nations' long rivalry is perfectly timed. * Global Asia * This book makes admirably plain the resentful, troublesome and sometimes dangerous relations between China and Japan from as early as the 7th century AD ... [an] indispensable study of some of the world's longest-lived scenes of rivalry, resentment, grumpiness and occasional violence. * Jonathan Mirsky, Times Higher Education * A useful tour of sore points and sticking points in Sino-Japanese relations ... as an introductory account of a troubled and troubling relationship, this book works well. * Christopher Harding, Daily Telegraph * A thoroughly convincing history of Sino-Japanese relations... June Dreyer makes an important contribution to the field. * Andrew Hanami, Asian Politics and Policy * Dreyer masterfully illustrates how bilateral relations have been fraught with mutual misperception and petty conflict from the beginning... superbly written and deftly explained. * Joel Campbell, International Affairs * In this marvellous history of bilateral relations and contemporary issues, Sinologist June Teufel Dreyer provides readers with rich context to aid both specialists and casual observers in understanding one of the most significant regional ties. * Joel Campbell (Troy University), International Affairs 94:2 *
