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Pradyu Prasad - Imperial Japan, the God Emperor, and Militarization in the Modern World

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The Importance of Stability in the Middle East

CNN's John Defterios looks at why the U.S. occupation of Japan was more successful than that of Afghanistan. He says there were a number of factors, including stability and public support for imperial rule. The West also didn't have to worry as much about its own security because it wasn't directly threatening them, he says. After World War II, Japanese GDP per capita only achieved back again in 1952.

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