Examining the 160 year relationship between America and Japan, this cutting edge collection considers the evolution of the relationship of these two nations whi

How relevant today is an alliance that was forged between a powerful United States and a weak Japan in the context of a cold war struggle with the Soviet Union?

This volume reviews the past fifty years of the U.S.-Japan relationship and speculates about how it will evolve in the years to come.

One of America's leading historians tells the entire story behind the disagreements, tensions, and skirmishes between Japan--a compact, homogeneous, closely-kni