America''s Geisha Ally - Reimagining the Japanese Enemy

Zusammenfassung During World War II! Japan was vilified by America as our hated enemy. As the Cold War heated up! however! the U.S. government decided to make Japan its bulwark against communism in Asia. In this revelatory work! Naoko Shibusawa charts the remarkable reversal from hated enemy to valuable ally that occurred in the two decades after the war.

Product details

• Authors: Naoko Shibusawa, Shibusawa Naoko
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.09.2010
• EAN: 9780674057470
• ISBN: 978-0-674-05747-0
• No. of pages: 408
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Comparative and international political science; Japan, History, Globalization, POLITICAL SCIENCE / International Relations / General, HISTORY / United States / 20th Century, HISTORY / Asia / Japan, International Relations, 20th century, c 1900 to c 1999, United States of America, USA, Asian History, History of the Americas