Balances of Power, East and West

Balances of Power: East and West

Japan and the United States at the start of the 20th century

Japan

Tokugawa Shogunate: “BAFUKU”

Matthew Perry, 1853-4

Emperor MEIJI (Mutsuhito)
“MEIJI RESTORATION”

ZAIBATSU

1904-5: Japanese-Russian War

United States

1890: ALFRED THAYER MAHAN

1893: Hawaii

“JINGOISM”

THEODORE ROOSEVELT
Roosevelt Corollary
1903: Panamanian revolt
Panama Canal