America and the Four Japans: Friend,Foe,Model,Mirror

George Lucas, filmaker
"A book that does something too often missing in the rhetoric about U.S.-Japan relations- it promotes understanding."


San Francisco Chronicle
"Richly detailed... speaks with refreshing bicultural sensitivity and balance." -San Francisco Chronicle


Review
"A book that does something too often missing in the rhetoric about U.S.-Japan relations- it promotes understanding." -George Lucas, filmaker


Book Description
This readable, wide-ranging analysis brings you quickly up to speed on the ever-changing relationship between Japan and the United States. Drawing on history, cultural commentary, and opinion, the author portrays two nations in conflict yet increasingly connected. Is Japan a friend, rival, a role model? No question is more important, for our relationshop with Japan and its technological and industrial strengh in the Pacific Rim will help determine our place in the world of the next century.


About the Author
Frederik L. Schodt has written extensively about Japan. His Manga! Manga! The World of Japanese Comics is considered a classic. Frederik L. Schodt is also the author of Dreamland Japan: Writings on Modern Manga and translator of The Four Immigrants Manga. He lives in San Francisco.


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Author Biography: Frederik L. Schodt has written extensively about Japan. His Manga! Manga! The World of Japanese Comics is considered a classic. Frederik L. Schodt is also the author of Dreamland Japan: Writings on Modern Manga and translator of The Four Immigrants Manga. He lives in San Francisco.


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