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Partners for democracy : crafting the new Japanese state under MacArthur /
In 1945 Emperor Hirohito signed Japan's unconditional surrender to the United States and its allies. Tackling a timely subject this work takes the controversial stand that the constitution of Japan was not imposed as a document of defeat.
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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New York :
Oxford University Press,
2002.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Fall 1945
- "Negotiated Surrender": American Planning and Occupation
- "This Fundamental Problem": MacArthur Saves Hirohito
- "In Good Faith": Japan Considers Constitutional Reform
- "A Rational Way": Konoe and Matsumoto on Constitutional Reform
- Imposing the American Model
- "Only as a Last Resort": The Americans Take Over
- "A Liberal and Enlightened Constitution": The SCAP Model
- "A Very Serious Matter": The Cabinet's Initial Reactions
- "Do Your Best": The Marathon Meeting
- "Grave Danger": The Allies Challenge MacArthur
- "Seize This Opportunity": Reworking the March 6 Draft
- "No Choice But to Abide": The Privy Council and Bureaucrats Prepare
- Transforming a Draft into a Constitution
- Preview: The Diet Goes to Work
- "Along Democratic and Peace-Loving Lines": Yoshida Presents His Draft
- "Free and Untrammeled Debate": The Emperor's Prerogatives
- "Fervent Hopes": Pacifism and Human Rights
- "Complex and Labyrinthine": The Structure of Government
- "Fresh Trouble": The House Subcommittee Frames Amendments
- "Fundamental Principles of Democracy": Human Rights and Imperial Property
- "Sincere and Steady Efforts": Denouement
- "Last Service to the Fatherland": The House of Peers Addresses Constitutional Revision
- "A Borrowed Suit": Peers Accept the Inevitable
- Sequel
- "Broaden and Deepen the Debate": Fifty Years without Revision.