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Documents the 1853 confrontation between America and Japan, a conflict that marked the end of Japan's more than two-century isolation and was headed by American squadron commander Matthew Perry and Japanese political mastermind Lord Masahira Abe. 20,000 first printing.

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Looks at the collision of the American, Japanese, and Okinawan cultures during the battle of Okinawa, and examines why the battle lasted longer than it should have