The Energy of Empire 7. Japan - 'Honorary Aryans'

In the 1870s, with Japanese students studying in American universities, some US expansionists started to see Japan as a potential imperial partner, a proxy force through which they could extend greater influence into East Asia.

Sources:
James Bradley, The Imperial Cruise
https://www.amazon.com/Imperial-Cruise-Secret-History-Empire-ebook/dp/B00FOR2O62/ref=tmm_kin_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1646937590&sr=8-1

Chalmers Johnson, The Sorrows of Empire
https://www.amazon.com/Sorrows-Empire-Militarism-Republic-American/dp/0805077979

Gerry Docherty and Jim MacGregor, Hidden History: The Secret Origins of the First World War
https://tinyurl.com/yckwpvnu

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