tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7225373.post7866013109538792788..comments2024-02-29T03:34:23.190-05:00Comments on Who Were the Sea Peoples?: A surprising mistake from Fukuyamagcallahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10065877215969589482noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7225373.post-48639984475692983362014-11-08T21:20:18.434-05:002014-11-08T21:20:18.434-05:00There are WWI photographs of Japanese warships sta...There are WWI photographs of Japanese warships stationed at Malta. Australian troops were escorted across the Indian Ocean by Japanese warships. But Japan did not get what it hoped out of its involvement, and the US pressured Britain into giving up its alliance with Japan during the Washington Naval Treaty negotiations. Lorenzohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00305933404442191098noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7225373.post-46694831696533100052014-11-08T20:44:26.992-05:002014-11-08T20:44:26.992-05:00Touché!
But of course, my point was not that a mo...Touché!<br /><br />But of course, my point was not that a model that bears no resemblance to the real world can be useful: it is that often a bare-bones resemblance is plenty, and adding complications only subtracts from the model's usefulness.gcallahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10065877215969589482noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7225373.post-61156091797505708592014-11-08T19:49:29.386-05:002014-11-08T19:49:29.386-05:00That Fukuyama's model of Japan's involveme...That Fukuyama's model of Japan's involvement in WWI is unrealistic does not diminish its usefulness. Ken Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08207803092348071005noreply@blogger.com