To my brothers and sisters

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Hane Mikiso.
Eastern phoenix: Japan since 1945 / by Mikiso Hane.
p. cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 0-8133-1812-2 (hc).--ISBN 0-8133-1813-0 (pb)
1. Japan--History--1945- I. Title.

DS889. H1986 1996
952.04--dc20

95-45849
CIP

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