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When Perry Unlocked The “Gate of the Sun”
, , , Issue 3Japan’s feudal, shut-in history suddenly came to an end when the bluff American commodore dropped anchor in Tokyo Bay More >>>
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Rehearsal For World War II
, , , Issue 3Life aboard the gunboat Panay was an idyl, and its crewmen were the envy of the fleet. Then, without warning, Japanese bombs started to fall. More >>>
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The Early Republic And The War Of 1812
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The Battle Of Lake Erie
, , , Issue 2"With half the western world at stake, See Perry on the middle lake.” —Nineteenth-century ballad More >>>
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To The Flag
, , , Issue 4Invented as part of a magazine promotional scheme in 1892, the Pledge of Allegiance has had a controversial career right from the start More >>>
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The Bonins—isles Of Contention
, , , Issue 2Americans settled early on the tiny, strategic Pacific islands, and dominate them again today. But the Japanese want them back More >>>
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A Yankee Barbarian At The Shogun’s Court
, , , Issue 4Spies and assassins stalked our first consul to Japan, his hosts bluntly told him to leave, and his own government neglected him More >>>
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As Well As The Art Of Diplomacy, There Are Also The Arts Of Diplomacy
, , , Issue 2On any list of events that have altered the course of history the opening of Japan to foreign trade in 1854 must surely rank high. While the United States was pushing its boundaries westward to the Pa More >>>
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First Encounter
, , , Issue 8The first U.S.-Japan encounter. More >>>
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“Our Little War with the Heathen"
, , , Issue 3Our first Korean war, in 1871, was fought to open the Hermit Kingdom to Western trade. But the hermits wanted very much to be left alone More >>>