[stuck_in_new_orleans]

Wait.... When was the US unhappy with Japan’s leadership?

[MacNaughton]

42 ... I would guess that most Americans under 50 don't know a whole lot about it either. Which means that after a few decades we will have forgotten all the lessons learned.

I think you are too generous with your timeline. I believe we are already there - just look at the Democrat Party. Only conservatives can see the coming war, World War IV. I am among those who consider the Cold War to have been WW III. As others have noted, we have already entered an essential Cold War with Red China. The Democrat Party, as usual, has failed to recognize it.