The Clash: U.S.-Japanese Relations Throughout History
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Winner of the Bancroft Prize.
One of America's leading historians tells the entire story behind the disagreements, tensions, and skirmishes between Japan—a compact, homogeneous, closely-knit society terrified of disorder—and America—a sprawling, open-ended society that fears economic depression and continually seeks an international marketplace. Photos.
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