About the Author of the Book
Naoyuki Agawa is a professor emeritus at Keio University in Japan. He taught the United States Constitution and its history as professor there (1999–2002, 2005–2016) and at Doshisha University (2016–2022), also in Japan. He served as Dean of the Faculty of Policy Management at Keio University (2007–2009) and Vice President of the Keio University as a whole, in charge of international exchanges (2009–2013). Agawa also served as Minister for Public Affairs in charge of public diplomacy, cultural exchanges and media relations at the Embassy of Japan in Washington, D.C. during his leave from Keio University (2002–2005). He has written and published a number of books, including Umi No Yujo (the original Japanese version of this book) and the award-winning American History through the United States Constitution. He also frequently contributes to various academic journals, magazines, and newspapers. Agawa holds degrees from Georgetown University’s Law Center and School of Foreign Service.
About the Author of the Foreword
Ian W. Toll is a writer and independent scholar. He is the author of four highly regarded, award-winning works on American military history: Six Frigates, Pacific Crucible, The Conquering Tide, and Twilight of the Gods (the latter three titles are a nonfiction trilogy about the Pacific War and have been translated into Japanese, Chinese, and Dutch). Toll has been widely published in newspapers and magazines, including the New York Times, the Washington Post, the Los Angeles Times, and the Boston Globe, and has been interviewed on many national and local television and radio programs. He has served as a juror for the National Endowment for the Humanities, a cultural ambassador for the US State Department, and a lecturer at the Naval War College. Prior to beginning work on Six Frigates in 2002, Toll was a Wall Street analyst, a Federal Reserve financial analyst, and a political aide and speechwriter. He received an undergraduate degree (B.A.) in American History at Georgetown University and a Masters in Public Policy (M.P.P.) from Harvard University’s Kennedy School of Government.
