
The Clash: A History of U.S.-Japan Relations
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.
Buy this book at Amazon- Publisher
- W. W. Norton & Company
- Year
- 1998
- ISBN-13
- 9780393318371
- Genre
- History
- Topics
- U.S.-Japan relationsDiplomatic historyInternational trade conflicts
Awards
- Bancroft PrizeWon(1998)
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