Best, Antony

Best, Antony (2013) Japan and the Cold War. In: Immerman, Richard H. and Goedde, Petra, (eds.) The Oxford handbook of the Cold War. Oxford University Press, Oxford, UK, pp. 286-302. ISBN 9780199236961

Best, Antony (2013) Eikoku to Nihon pan-Ajia shugi e no chōsen, 1895-1956 [Britain, Japan and the Challenge of Pan-Asianism, 1895-1956]. In: Matsūra, Masataka, (ed.) Ajia shugi wa nani o kataru noka : kioku kenryoku kachi. Minerubashobō , Kyōto, Japan, pp. 240-254. ISBN 9784623064885

Best, Antony (2013) Major-General F.S.G. Piggott (1883-1966). In: Cortazzi, Hugh, (ed.) Britain and Japan: biographical portraits. Global Oriental, Leiden, pp. 102-116. ISBN 9789004246027

Best, Antony (2013) G. E. Morrison (1862-1920) and Japan. In: Cortazzi, Hugh, (ed.) Britain and Japan: biographical portraits. Global Oriental, Leiden, pp. 469-480. ISBN 9789004246027

Best, Antony (2012) 'We are virtually at war with Russia': Britain and the Cold War in East Asia, 1923-40. Cold War history, 12 (2). pp. 205-225. ISSN 1468-2745

Best, Antony (2012) 'We are virtually at war with Russia': Britain and the Cold War in East Asia, 1923-40. Cold War history, 12 (2). pp. 205-225. ISSN 1468-2745

Fisher, John and Best, Antony (2011) Introduction: on the fringes of diplomacy: influences on British foreign policy, 1800-1945. In: Fisher, John and Best, Antony, (eds.) On the fringes of diplomacy: influences on British foreign policy, 1800-1945. Ashgate, Aldershot, UK, pp. 1-16. ISBN 9781409401193

Best, Antony (2011) The double agent’s tale: Vincent Kraft and Anglo-Japanese relations, 1915-18. In: Fisher, John and Best, Antony, (eds.) On the fringes of diplomacy: influences on British foreign policy, 1800-1945. Ashgate, Aldershot, UK, pp. 111-126. ISBN 9781409401193

Fisher, John and Best, Antony, (eds.) (2011) On the fringes of diplomacy: influences on British foreign policy, 1800-1945. Ashgate, Aldershot, UK. ISBN 9781409401193

Best, Antony (2011) Book review: Manchurian railways and the opening of China: an international history - edited by Bruce A. Elleman and Stephen Kotkin. History, 96 (322). pp. 219-220. ISSN 0018-2648

Best, Antony (2011) Igirisu kara mita taiheiyo senso no kigen: senso o kaihi denakatta (dai ei teikoku no shin nichi ha). Chūōkōron Shinsha

Best, Antony, (ed.) (2010) Imperial Japan and the world, 1931-1945. Routledge, London, UK. ISBN 9780415406765

Best, Antony (2010) General introduction. In: Best, Antony, (ed.) Imperial Japan and the world, 1931-1945. Routledge, London, UK. ISBN 9780415406765

Best, Antony (2010) “The Shanghai Temper”: J.O.P. Bland (1863-1945) and Japan. In: Cortazzi, Hugh, (ed.) Britain and Japan: biographical portraits, vol. VII . Global Oriental, Folkestone, UK, pp. 311-322. ISBN 9781906876265

Best, Antony (2010) Introduction: the international history of East Asia, 1900–1968: trade, ideology and the quest for order. In: Best, Antony, (ed.) The international history of East Asia, 1900–1968: trade, ideology and the quest for order. Routledge, London, UK, pp. 1-8. ISBN 9780415401241

Best, Antony (2010) The Anglo-Japanese alliance, the “Open Door” and international politics in Asia, 1902-23. In: Best, Antony, (ed.) The international history of East Asia, 1900–1968: trade, ideology and the quest for order. Routledge, London, UK, pp. 21-34. ISBN 9780415401241

Best, Antony (2010) Rt. Hon. Austen Chamberlain (1863-1937), Rt. Hon. Neville Chamberlain (1869-1940) and Japan, 1924-40. In: Cortazzi, Hugh, (ed.) Britain and Japan: biographical portraits, vol. VII . Global Oriental, Folkestone, UK, pp. 69-80. ISBN 9781906876265

Best, Antony, (ed.) (2009) The international history of East Asia, 1900–1968 - trade, ideology and the quest for order. Routledge, London, UK. ISBN 9780415401241

Best, Antony (2008) The role of diplomatic practice and court protocol in Anglo-Japanese relations, 1867-1900. In: Mosslang, Markus and Riotte, Torsten, (eds.) The diplomats’ world: The cultural history of diplomacy, 1815-1914. Oxford University Press/German Historical Institute, Oxford, UK, pp. 231-253. ISBN 9780199548675

Best, Antony and Hanhimäki, Jussi M. and Maiolo, Joseph A. and Schulze, Kirsten E. (2008) International history of the twentieth century and beyond. Routledge, London, UK. ISBN 9780415438957

Best, Antony (2007) Senkanki higashi ajia ni okeru kokusai renmei: kokusai kyocho shugi, chiki shugi, nashonarizimu -[Internationalism, regionalism and nationalism in East Asia in the inter-war period]. In: Ogata, Sadako and Hanzawa, Tomohiko, (eds.) Guroubalu govanansu no rekishiteki henyo; Kokuren to kokusai seijishi [Global governance in historical perspectives; The United Nations and international history]. Minerva Publishing, Kyoto, Japan, pp. 25-48. ISBN 9784623048922

Best, Antony (2007) The birth of the league and the death of the Anglo-Japanese alliance, 1918-1922. In: Hanzawa, A and Yamaguchi, J, (eds.) Japan and the UN in international politics – historical perspectives. Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan, pp. 10-32. ISBN 9784902066234

Best, Antony (2007) “Monko kaiho” ka, “seiryokuken” ka: senkanki no igirisu, nihon to chugoku mondai [“Open door” or “sphere of influence”: Britain, Japan and South China in the inter-war period]. In: Matsuura, M, (ed.) Showa ajia shugi no jitsu-zō – Nihon no nanshin to Taiwan – Nanyō – Minami Shina [Showa and the reality of pan-Asianism – Japan’s southward advance and Taiwan, the South Seas and South China]. Minerva Publishing, Kyoto, Japan, pp. 126-147. ISBN 9784623049424

Shillony, Ben-Ami and Best, Antony (2006) Japanese monarchy: past and present. IS, 512. Suntory and Toyota International Centres for Economics and Related Disciplines, London School of Economics and Political Science, London, UK

Best, Antony (2006) Race, monarchy and the Anglo-Japanese alliance, 1902-1922. Social science Japan journal, 9 (2). pp. 171-186. ISSN 1468-2680

Best, Antony (2006) The 'ghost' of the Anglo-Japanese Alliance: an examination into historical mythmaking. Historical journal, 49 (3). pp. 811-831. ISSN 0018-246X

Best, Antony (2006) Diagnosis and autopsy: Britain and the outbreak of the Pacific war. Nids military history studies annual, 9 pp. 118-137. ISSN 1345-5117

Best, Antony (2006) The 'cultural turn' and the international history of East Asia: a response to David Reynolds. Cultural and social history, 3 (4). pp. 482-489. ISSN 1478-0038

Best, Antony (2005) Our respective empires should stand together: the royal dimension in Anglo-Japanese relations, 1919-1941. Diplomacy and statecraft, 16 (2). pp. 259-279. ISSN 0959-2296

Best, Antony (2005) British intellectuals and East Asia in the inter-war years. In: Louis, W M Roger, (ed.) Yet more adventures with Britannia: personalities, politics and culture in Britain. Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center, London, UK, pp. 305-320. ISBN 1845110927

Best, Antony and Hanhimäki, Jussi M. and Maiolo, Joseph A. and Schulze, Kirsten E. (2004) International history of the twentieth century. Routledge, London, UK. ISBN 9780415207409

Best, Antony (2004) Ohitsu-gaiko kara mita nichi-ei kankei 1919-1941 [The royal dimension in Anglo-Japanese relations, 1919-1941]. In: Ito, Y. and Kawata, M., (eds.) Nijuseki nihon no tenno to kunshusei-kokusaihikaku no shiten kara 1867-1952 [The emperor and monarchy in twentieth century Japan from an international perspective]. Yoshikawa Kobunkan, Japan, pp. 273-302.

Best, Antony (2004) India, pan-Asianism and the Anglo-Japanese alliance. In: O'Brien, Phillips P, (ed.) The Anglo-Japanese alliance. Routledge, London, pp. 236-248. ISBN 0415326117

Best, Antony (2003) Imperial Japan. In: Boyce, Robert and Maiolo, Joseph A, (eds.) The origins of World War Two: The debate continues. Palgrave Macmillan, pp. 52-69.

Best, Antony (2002) British intelligence and the Japanese challenge in Asia, 1914-1941. Palgrave Macmillan, Basingstoke, UK. ISBN 9780333945513

Best, Antony (2002) Economic appeasement or economic nationalism? A political perspective on the British Empire, Japan and the rise of intra-Asian trade, 1933-37. Journal of Imperial and Commonwealth history, 30 (2). pp. 77-101. ISSN 0308-6534

Best, Antony (2002) Lord Sempill (1893-1965) and Japan, 1921-41. In: Cortazzi, Hugh, (ed.) Britain and Japan: biographical portraits. Japan Society, London, UK, pp. 375-382. ISBN 9781903350140

Best, Antony (2002) Sir Robert Clive, 1877-1948: British ambassador to Japan, 1934-37. In: Cortazzi, Hugh, (ed.) Britain and Japan: biographical portraits. Japan Society, London, UK, pp. 101-110. ISBN 9781903350140

Best, Antony (2002) Intelligence, diplomacy and the Japanese threat to British interests, 1914-41. Intelligence and national security, 17 (1). pp. 87-102. ISSN 0268-4527

Best, Antony (2001) Keizai teki yuwa seisaku ka, Keizai teki nashonarizumu ka - 1933-38 nen ni okeru igirisu teikoku, nihon, sosite: ajia kan boeki no kouryu ni tuite no seiji si teki kaishaku [Economic appeasement or economic nationalism? A political perspective on the British Empire, Japan and the rise of intra-Asian trade, 1933-38]. Zinbun gakuho, 85 pp. 63-87. ISSN 0449-0274

Best, Antony (2000) The road to confrontation: Anglo-Japanese relations 1931-1941. In: Kibata, Yoichi and Nish, Ian, (eds.) History of Anglo-Japanese relations: political-diplomatic dimensions 1931-2000. Palgrave Macmillan, Basingstoke, UK, pp. 26-50. ISBN 9780333770986

Best, Antony (2000) The road to Anglo-Japanese confrontation, 1931-41. In: Nish, Ian and Kibata, Yoichi, (eds.) The history of Anglo-Japanese relations : the political-diplomatic dimension. Palgrave Macmillan, Basingstoke, UK, pp. 26-50. ISBN 9781403919670

Best, Antony (1999) "That loyal British subject?": Arthur Edwardes and Anglo-Japanese relations, 1932-41. In: Hoare, Jim E, (ed.) Britain and Japan: biographical portraits. Japan Library, London, UK, pp. 227-239. ISBN 9781873410899

Best, Antony (1999) The British perspective. In: Iriye, Akira, (ed.) Pearl Harbor and the coming of the Pacific war. Bedford/St. Martin's, Boston, pp. 194-206. ISBN 9780312147884

Best, Antony (1999) Britain and the coming of the Pacific War. In: Iriye, Akira, (ed.) Pearl Harbor and the coming of the Pacific War. Bedford / St. Martins, pp. 194-207. ISBN 9780312218188

Best, Antony (1997) "This is probably over-valued military power": British intelligence and Whitehall's perception of Japan. Intelligence and national security, 12 (3). pp. 67-94. ISSN 0268-4527

Best, Antony (1997) Mamoru Shigemitsu and Anglo-Japanese relations. In: Nish, Ian, (ed.) Britian and Japan: biographical portaits. Routledge, Oxford, UK, pp. 245-260. ISBN 9781873410622

Best, Antony (1996) Constructing an image: British intelligence and Whitehall's perception of Japan. Intelligence and national security, 11 (3). pp. 403-423. ISSN 0268-4527

Best, Antony (1995) Britain, Japan and Pearl Harbour avoiding war in East Asia, 1936-1941. Routledge, London, UK. ISBN 9780415111713

Best, Antony (1995) Sir Robert Craigie as ambassador to Japan, 1937-1941. In: Nish, Ian, (ed.) Britain and Japan: biographical portraits. Routledge, Oxford, UK. ISBN 9781873410271

Best, Antony (1994) 'Straws in the wind': Britain and the February 1941 war-scare in East Asia. Diplomacy and statecraft, 5 (3). pp. 642-665. ISSN 0959-2296

Best, Antony (1993) 'The alternative enemy': Britain and the Soviet threat in East Asia, 1932-40. In:.

Best, Antony (1991) The European War and its effect on British policy towards Japan. In:Fifty years after - the Pacific War re-examined ( : Lake Yamanaka, Japan).

Best, Antony (1990) Shigemitsu Mamoru as Ambassador to Great Britain, 1938-1941. International Studies papers, IS/1990/219. Suntory-Toyota International Centre for Economics and Related Disciplines, London School of Economics and Political Science, London, UK

Best, Antony A royal alliance: court diplomacy and Anglo-Japanese relations, 1900-41. In: International studies (lse). , pp. 63-70. ISBN 9781905246335