Altered States - The United States and Japan Since the Occupation

Zusatztext A scholar's wordly-wise appraisal of the mutually expedient ties that have bound the US and Japan since the end of WWII. ... An informative briefing on a decidedly odd geopolitical couple's increasingly ambivalent alliance. Informationen zum Autor Michael Schaller is Professor of History at the University of Arizona. He is the author of a number of books, including Reckoning with Reagan: America and its President in the 1980s; Douglas McArthur: Far Eastern General; The American Occupation of Japan: The Origins of the Cold War in Asia; and The United States and China in the Twentieth Century. Klappentext Here is an eye-opening history of U.S.-Japan relations from the end of World War II to the present, revealing startling complexities. Acclaimed political history writer Michael Schaller reveals that most of what we criticize today in Japan's behavior stems directly from U.S. occupation policy of the 1950s. Zusammenfassung The historical background of 1945 to 1973 shows how the US transformed Japan from enemy to ally. Focuses on political, strategic, and economic relations, illuminating the connections between America's early trade policies and the desire to secure the country as a bulwark against Communism in Asia.

Product details

• Authors: Michael Schaller, Michael (Professor of History Schaller, Schaller Michael
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.09.1997
• EAN: 9780195069167
• ISBN: 978-0-19-506916-7
• No. of pages: 328
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; USA, Japan, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / International / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / International Relations / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / Economic Policy, POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / Asian, POLITICAL SCIENCE / American Government / National, International Relations, c 1960 to c 1970, United States of America, USA, c 1950 to c 1959, c 1970 to c 1979, c 1960 to c 1969, Central / national / federal government policies, c 1970 to c 1980, C 1945 To C 1960, International Trade, Central government policies, International trade and commerce