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Diplomatic Blood for Trade: The Forgotten Price of Opening Japan

By Shawn Tenbrink
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By Shawn Tenbrink
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One forbidden kingdom. Two diplomats. A price paid in blood.

Uncover the forgotten true story of the first American diplomat ever assassinated.

History tells us that American warships forced Japan open through "gunboat diplomacy," but steel alone did not open the gates of the Hermit Kingdom. It was the courage of two diplomats-and only one survived.

Diplomatic Blood for Trade recounts the harrowing tale of Henry Heusken, a young man drawn by the promise of the American dream and thrust into a ...