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Nation building in Japan, 1945-1952 : the Allied occupation and the US-Japan alliance / Peter K. Frost.
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Frost, Peter K.
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Book
Language
English
Published/Created
Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2024.
©2024
Description
xii, 129 pages ; 25 cm.
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Firestone Library - Stacks
DS889.16 .F68 2024
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Subject(s)
Nation-building
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Japan
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History
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20th century
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Nation-building
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United States
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History
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20th century
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Japan
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History
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Allied occupation, 1945-1952
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Japan
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Relations
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United States
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United States
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Relations
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Japan
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Series
Routledge studies in the modern history of Asia.
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Summary note
"This book analyzes the Allied Occupation of Japan (1945-1952). It begins by explaining why Japan spent roughly fifty years building its own colonial system and declaring war on China and the Western Allies, only to decide after military defeats, two atomic bombings and the Soviet declaration of war, to surrender before being invaded. It goes on to describe the controversial issues surrounding the conduct of the Occupation forces, the largely American reform proposals and the shifts in policy as the Cold War developed. Particular emphasis is placed on women's issues, the Japanese and American reactions to President Truman's decision to fire General Douglas MacArthur, the tensions surrounding the requirement that the Japanese allow US military bases to stay in Japan and the still ongoing debate over the American decision to drop two atomic bombs on Japan. Despite all this, the book concludes that particularly when compared with later Allied nation building efforts in Vietnam, Afghanistan and Iraq and the current state of US politics, the Occupation experience was, on the whole, a relatively positive one for both the Japanese and the US-Japan alliance"-- Provided by publisher.
Bibliographic references
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
From war to surrender
The occupation arrives
A battered nation
Punishments
Key reforms
The occupation changes
Aftermath : judging success
Nation building.
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Other title(s)
Allied occupation and the US-Japan alliance
ISBN
9781032470337 (hardcover)
103247033X (hardcover)
9781032470344 (paperback)
1032470348 (paperback)
LCCN
2023047749
OCLC
1401654683
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