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Architects of occupation : American experts and the planning for postwar Japan /

The Allied occupation of Japan is remembered as the 'good occupation.' An American-led coalition successfully turned a militaristic enemy into a stable and democratically. Of course, the story was more complicated, but the occupation did forge one of the most enduring relationships in the...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Barnes, Dayna L., 1982- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2017.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • Introduction : behind the policy curtain
  • Flip-flopper with the final say : Roosevelt and Japan
  • Elbow patches and orientalists : bureaucratic wrangling
  • Unofficial officials : think tanks and policy
  • Information and ideology : media coverage
  • Sucker nation and Santa Claus : concerns of Congress
  • Ready or not : Harry Truman and the end of the war
  • Conclusion : the best-laid plans of mice and men.