{"product_id":"banzai-babe-ruth","title":"Banzai Babe Ruth","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"RichTextEditor__block___2Vs_D RichTextEditor__paragraph___3NTf9\" data-block=\"true\" data-editor=\"9oi1u\" data-offset-key=\"d86j6-0-0\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-offset-key=\"d86j6-0-0\" class=\"public-DraftStyleDefault-block public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan data-offset-key=\"d86j6-0-0\"\u003e\u003cspan data-text=\"true\"\u003eBy Robert K. Fitts.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"RichTextEditor__block___2Vs_D RichTextEditor__paragraph___3NTf9\" data-block=\"true\" data-editor=\"9oi1u\" data-offset-key=\"44ni6-0-0\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-offset-key=\"44ni6-0-0\" class=\"public-DraftStyleDefault-block public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan data-offset-key=\"44ni6-0-0\"\u003e\u003cspan data-text=\"true\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-offset-key=\"44ni6-0-0\" class=\"public-DraftStyleDefault-block public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr\"\u003e\n\u003cspan data-offset-key=\"44ni6-0-0\"\u003e\u003cspan data-text=\"true\"\u003eIn November 1934 as the United  States and Japan drifted toward war, a team of American League all-stars  that included Babe Ruth, Lou Gehrig, Jimmie Foxx, future secret agent  Moe Berg, and Connie Mack barnstormed across the Land of the Rising Sun.  Hundreds of thousands of fans, many waving Japanese and American flags, welcomed the team with shouts of “\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-offset-key=\"44ni6-0-1\" style=\"font-style: italic;\"\u003e\u003cspan data-text=\"true\"\u003eBanzai!\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-offset-key=\"44ni6-0-2\"\u003e\u003cspan data-text=\"true\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-offset-key=\"44ni6-0-3\" style=\"font-style: italic;\"\u003e\u003cspan data-text=\"true\"\u003eBanzai\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-offset-key=\"44ni6-0-4\"\u003e\u003cspan data-text=\"true\"\u003e,  Babe Ruth!” The all-stars stayed for a month, playing 18 games, spawning  professional baseball in Japan, and spreading goodwill. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-offset-key=\"44ni6-0-0\" class=\"public-DraftStyleDefault-block public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan data-offset-key=\"44ni6-0-4\"\u003e\u003cspan data-text=\"true\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-offset-key=\"44ni6-0-0\" class=\"public-DraftStyleDefault-block public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr\"\u003e\n\u003cspan data-offset-key=\"44ni6-0-4\"\u003e\u003cspan data-text=\"true\"\u003ePoliticians  on both sides of the Pacific hoped that the amity generated by the  tour—and the two nations’ shared love of the game—could help heal their  growing political differences. But the Babe and baseball could not  overcome Japan’s growing nationalism, as a bloody coup d’état by young  army officers and an assassination attempt by the ultranationalist War  Gods Society jeopardized the tour’s success. A tale of international  intrigue, espionage, attempted murder, and, of course, baseball, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-offset-key=\"44ni6-0-5\" style=\"font-style: italic;\"\u003e\u003cspan data-text=\"true\"\u003eBanzai Babe Ruth\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-offset-key=\"44ni6-0-6\"\u003e\u003cspan data-text=\"true\"\u003e  is the first detailed account of the doomed attempt to reconcile the  United States and Japan through the 1934 All American baseball tour and provides a wonderful story about baseball, nationalism, and American and Japanese cultural history. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"RichTextEditor__block___2Vs_D RichTextEditor__paragraph___3NTf9\" data-block=\"true\" data-editor=\"9oi1u\" data-offset-key=\"nbm8-0-0\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-offset-key=\"nbm8-0-0\" class=\"public-DraftStyleDefault-block public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan data-offset-key=\"nbm8-0-0\"\u003e\u003cspan data-text=\"true\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-offset-key=\"nbm8-0-0\" class=\"public-DraftStyleDefault-block public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan data-offset-key=\"nbm8-0-0\"\u003e\u003cspan data-text=\"true\"\u003ePaper: 368 pp.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Univ Of Nebraska Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50511646195808,"sku":"uby1790050262668","price":15.72,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0669\/8447\/6768\/files\/banzai-babe-ruth_1.jpg?v=1790050266","url":"https:\/\/milkfrother.shop\/products\/banzai-babe-ruth","provider":"My Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}