The box is in fair condition. There are small tears on the edges, and the main body and text are in good condition for their age. There are no problems with reading it. Recommended for those who don't mind and want to use it for research purposes. Contents: 916 pages A comprehensive overview of Japanese diplomatic history, including a detailed table of contents. Part 1: Foreign Diplomacy in the Late Tokugawa Shogunate and the Meiji Restoration, the Sino-Japanese War, and the First Anglo-Japanese Alliance The Russo-Japanese War, the Paris Peace Conference, and a historical examination of our continental policy. Part 2: Washington Conference and Japan, Chiang Kai-shek's Unification of China, Tanaka Giichi's Active Policy toward China The Manchurian Incident, the Sino-Japanese War, and the worsening world situation Japan-US negotiations, the Greater East Asia War, and the new Japan, etc.