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Episode 65 - An Unnatural Intimacy, Part 3
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23 minutes
Released:
Aug 23, 2014
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This week, we'll delve into the origins of Japan's war with China and the strain that conflict placed on Japan's relationship with the US. In the course of the 9 years from the invasion of Manchuria to the second appointment of Konoe Fumimaro as Prime Minister, Japan will become bogged down in an unwinnable war and find itself facing a far more assertive United States.
Released:
Aug 23, 2014
Format:
Podcast episode
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