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How the US and Japan Went From Enemies to Allies After WWII

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During World War II, the United States and Japan fought as bitter enemies. Yet during the Cold War and beyond, Japan arguably became America’s closest and most reliable ally in…

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When Chinese Americans Were Scapegoated for Bubonic Plague

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When bubonic plague hit Honolulu and San Francisco at the turn of the 20th century, officials in those cities quickly did what they had been doing for decades: They villainized…

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