In the morning of August 6, 1945, the United States military dropped a devastating nuclear weapon on the city of Hiroshima, Japan followed a few days later by the detonation of another nuclear bomb over Nagasaki. It is hard to imagine that this nation which had suffered devastating blows to all facets of its government from the results of WWII would today be one of the most technologically advanced nations with the second largest economy in the world following only the United States. Japan had not always been such a modernized country and in fact was once a feudal society. It was only through the revolutionary views and efforts of certain individuals that Japan would evolve into what it has become today. One of these great men in Japanese history is Yukichi Fukuzawa. He is widely revered as a national hero for the Japanese people and recognized as the hero who paved the way for modernization. Through his autobiography, The Autobiography of Yukichi Fukuzawa, readers can observe......

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Title: New Vs. Old Samurai
Approximate Word Count: 1839
Approximate Pages: 8 (250 words per double-spaced page)

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