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Theodore Roosevelt and Japan

"In the wake of the Russo-Japanese War came new problems which focused the President's attention on the Pacific area. That war left the United States and Japan as two major powers on the Pacific; at the same time, it bestowed upon Japan strategic, political, and economic interests in Manchuria which might conflict with America's open door policy. A still greater source of friction emerged with the increase of Japanese immigration into the United States. The anti-Japanese prejudice on the Pacific coast -- manifested by school segregation, riots against the Japanese, and anti-Japanese bills in the California legislature -- brought serious crises in the relations between Tokyo and Washington, culminating in the war scare of 1907 and the dispatch of the United States fleet to the Pacific. In his examination of United States-Japanese relations in this critical period, the author illuminates the roles played by Japanese dignitaries -- Marquis Saionji, General Katsura, Baron Komura, and others, as well as by such American diplomats as John Hay, Elihu Root, and Willard Straight. New interpretations and information are given on the Portsmouth Peace Conference, the implementation of the Gentlemen's Agreement, the Root-Takahira exchange of notes, and the evolution of the open door policy"--Jacket.

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