Dr Peter Mauch

• Biography
• Areas of Research / Teaching Expertise
• Grants / Current Projects
• Selected Publications
• Contact Details

Biography

Peter arrived at UWS in Sept 2010, fresh from ten years in Japan. He spent that time in Japan more or less evenly between Kyoto University and Ritsumeikan University. He has authored a number of books and essays on Japanese-U.S. relations.

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Areas of Research / Teaching Expertise

Imperial Japanese Navy; Japanese foreign policy; Japanese rearmament; Japanese-US relations; U.S. foreign policy; international history; World War II; Cold War

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Grants / Current Projects

Peter is currently working on two research projects. The first comprises a history of the Japanese attack on the US naval base at Pearl Harbor in December 1941. The second is a history of America's post-WWII alliance relationships with Japan and with Australia.

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Selected Publications

Books

Sailor Diplomat: Nomura Kichisaburo and the Japanese-American War, (Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University East Asian Monograph Series, 2011).

Listen to an interview about Sailor Diplomat with Peter Mauch.

The Occupation-era Correspondence of Kichisaburo Nomura, (Folkestone, Kent: Global Oriental, 2010).

Historical Dictionary of United States-Japanese Relations, with John van Sant and Yoneyuki Sugita, (Lanham, Maryland: Scarecrow Press, 2007).

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In the Media

• "Libya and Syria raise moral questions over when to intervene", ABC The Drum, 1 June 2011
• "Rudd's Demands for 'Urgent Briefings' Downright Rude", The Punch, 15 Mar 2011
• "From Tiananmen Square to Tahrir Square", ABC The Drum Unleashed, 18 Feb 2011
• "Hello, Mr. Abbot? Ms. Gillard? I Can Help You", The Punch, 17 Feb 2011
• "Assange's Claims Jar with Reality", The Punch, 13 Jan 2011
• Interview China Radio International "People in the Know", 26 March 2010 

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