Showa 1953-1989 Mizuki Shigeru
The final volume in the Eisner-nominated history of Japan; one of NPR's Best Books of 2014 "" "Showa 1953 1989: A History of Japan" concludes Shigeru Mizuki's dazzling autobiographical and historical…
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The final volume in the Eisner-nominated history of Japan; one of NPR's Best Books of 2014 "" "Showa 1953 1989: A History of Japan" concludes Shigeru Mizuki's dazzling autobiographical and historical account of Showa-period Japan, a portrait both intimate and ranging of a defining epoch. The final volume picks up in the wake of Japan's utter defeat in World War II, as a country reduced to rubble struggles to rise again. The Korean War brings new opportunities to a nation searching for an identity.A former enemy becomes their greatest ally as the United States funnels money, jobs, and opportunity into Japan, hoping to establish the country as a bulwark against Soviet Communist expansion. Japan reinvents itself, emerging as an economic powerhouse. Events like the Tokyo Olympiad and the World's Fair introduce a friendlier Japan to the world, but this period of peace and plenty