Japan: The Story of a Nation, 3rd edition (1981)

Format: Hardcover ISBN: 0394513622 Condition: Good  The dust jacket has several tears along the edges and the book has a slight amount of shelf wear. Book Description: The author delineates the evolution of Japanese civilization as a whole. He clarifies for Western readers the nature and cultural effects of the Japanese language, the mysteries of the Shinto religion and of Zen, the meaning and influence of the samurai warrior caste, the paradox of an emperor who seldom ruled, the roots and development of the military dictatorship that brought Japan into World War II, the history and effects of the postwar American occupation, and the extraordinary recovery and flowering of the Japanese economy. - from the inside flap