September 2001 marked the fiftieth anniversary of the signing of the San Francisco Treaty, formally ending the Second World War. In signing this treaty, Japan f

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.

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?

No nation was more deeply affected by America’s rise to world power than Japan. President Franklin Roosevelt’s uncompromising policy of unconditional surren