Critics and cultural historians take Japan's postwar insularity for granted, rarely acknowledging the role of Cold War concerns in the shaping of Japanese socie

In this book, Aaron Forsberg presents an arresting account of Japan's postwar economic resurgence in a world polarized by the Cold War. His fresh interpretation

Since the end of the Cold War China and Japan have faced each other as powers of relatively equal strength for the first time in their long history. As the two

This volume examines the origins and early years of the Cold War in the first comprehensive historical reexamination of the period. A team of leading scholars s

As memories of the savage conflict inaugurated by the attack on Pearl Harbor recede, the ethical foundations that influenced postwar interpretations of Japan’