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The Clash

U.S.-Japanese Relations Throughout History

By: Walter LaFeber

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Paperback | 1 September 1998 | Edition Number 1

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When Commodore Matthew Perry sailed into Tokyo harbor in July 1853, opening Japan to the West, a century and a half of economic, cultural, and occasionally violent clashes between Americans and Japanese began. Walter LaFeber, one of America's leading historians, has written the first book to tell the entire story behind the disagreements, tensions, and skirmishes between Japan â" a compact, homogenous, closely knit society terrified of disorder â" and America â" a sprawling, open-ended society that fears economic depression and continually seeks an international marketplace. Using both American and Japanese sources, LaFeber provides the history behind the vicissitudes of rearming Japan, the present-day tensions in U.S.-Japan trade talks, Japan's continuing importance in financing America's huge deficit, and both nations' drive to develop China â" a shadow that has darkened American-Japanese relations from the beginning. "Broad and deeply researched. . . . The Clash is beautifully written, with clear arguments and no irrelevancies."â"Gaddis Smith, Boston Globe "[This] work will easily become the best history of U.S.-Japanese relations in any language."â"Akira Iriye, professor of history, Harvard University "[LaFeber] succeeds brilliantly. . . . [W]ell-researched, meticulously sourced and highly readable."â"Don Oberdorfer, Washington Post Book World

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[LaFeber] succeeds brilliantly...[W]ell-researched, meticulously sourced and highly readable.--Don Oberdorfer "Washington Post"

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Preface
Irresistible Force, Immovable Object	p. 3
Joining the Club (1868-1900)	p. 32
The Turn (1900-1912)	p. 65
Revolution, War, and Race (1912-1920)	p. 99
Creating the New Era: From Washington to Mukden (1921-1931)	p. 128
The Slipknot: Part 1 From Mukden ...	p. 160
The Slipknot: Part 2 ... to Pearl Harbor	p. 186
World War II: The Clash Over Two Visions	p. 214
To Create a New Japan: Reforming, Reversing, Warring (1945-1951)	p. 257
The 1950s: The Pivotal Decade	p. 296
A "Miracle" Appears; China Reappears (1960-1973)	p. 325
The End of an Era (Since 1973)	p. 359
Conclusion. The Clash: The Present in Retrospect	p. 396
Notes	p. 407
Bibliography	p. 461
Acknowledgments	p. 481
Index	p. 485
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