I’m trying to wrap my head around how the USA and Japan shifted from being fierce enemies during World War II to becoming close allies in just a few decades. It seems like a huge turnaround in international relations from an American perspective. What happened and why this dramatic change?
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One additional factor is that Japan had not been a democracy previously, so most of the people didn’t feel like they had been part of starting the war. Attacking the USA wasn’t something they had felt personally invested into. It was just a command they needed to obey.
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