The Coming War With Japan

Friedman, George,Lebard, Meredith

ISBN 10: 0312076770 / ISBN 13: 9780312076771

Published by St Martins Pr, 1992

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Coming War With Japan
• Publisher: St Martins Pr
• Publication Date: 1992
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0312076770
• ISBN 13: 9780312076771
• Binding: paperback
• Condition: Very Good

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Synopsis

Argues that the post-Cold War world will see the United States and Japan emerge as opponents, traces Japan's increasing power, and contends the United States holds the trump cards in the economic contest.

From Library Journal

Friedman and Lebard remind us at the beginning of their book that this century has already produced unlikely turns of events. Who in 1960 could have predicted that America 20 years later would be in retreat, defeated by the Vietnamese and reeling before the Iranians? If war with Japan seems impossible, the authors nevertheless deliver on their book's title with an alarming and usually plausible scenario that takes Japan and the United States on a downward spiral from trade friction to protectionism to armed showdown over markets and raw materials. Friedman and Lebard do not shrink from categorical assertions in the future tense--words like "inevitably" and "inexorably" dot the landscape as the pair chart the course of everything from savings rates to hypersonic aircraft. This is a lively, wide-ranging, up-to-date, and data-dense study. Even those who quarrel with the conclusion will find it stimulating. Highly recommended to specialists and general readers alike.
-John Boyle, California State Univ., Chico
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