It's a scary pattern that started post 1900. Basically we ran face first into imperialism.
For all intents - Japan is a vassal state, still. They have their own thing going - we still exert a ton of influence and have tied them to us economically so much that it's an inseparable relationship.
I dunno how to look at that after reading books like The Grand Chessboard.
It's a scary pattern that started post 1900. Basically we ran face first into imperialism.
For all intents - Japan is a vassal state, still. They have their own thing going - we still exert a ton of influence and have tied them to us economically so much that it's an inseparable relationship.
I dunno how to look at that after reading books like The Grand Chessboard.