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Commodore Perry's Black Ships launched political, cultural clash [audio 55min]

The Book Guys -- book appraiser Allan Stypeck and Washington DC radio host Mike Cuthbert -- interview George Feifer about his book Breaking Open Japan: Commodore Perry, Lord Abe, and American Imperialism in 1853, his account of the 1853 arrival in Japan of the Black Ships of Commodore Matthew Perry.
Read entire article at The Book Guys #0650