The US does indeed stab in the back as a general geopolitical strategy, but what do you mean stab Japan in the back? The US was anti-Japanese from WWI-1949 , took a few years to re-calibrate during the Korean war, and has been pro-Japanese ever since, with some techno-Orientalist yellow peril overtones sprinkled in at various points, particularly in the '80s.
Stab in the back is still a bit strong for what was essentially capitalist one-upmanship, and in an era where every two bit manager was reading the Hagakure and applying dubiously historical maxims about samurai to business mergers.
The US does indeed stab in the back as a general geopolitical strategy, but what do you mean stab Japan in the back? The US was anti-Japanese from WWI-1949 , took a few years to re-calibrate during the Korean war, and has been pro-Japanese ever since, with some techno-Orientalist yellow peril overtones sprinkled in at various points, particularly in the '80s.
Plaza Accords
That would be the 80s yellow peril part.
Stab in the back is still a bit strong for what was essentially capitalist one-upmanship, and in an era where every two bit manager was reading the Hagakure and applying dubiously historical maxims about samurai to business mergers.