Architects of Occupation : American Experts and 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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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Barnes, Dayna L., 1982- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2017.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Policy sciences.
Japanologists.
Diplomatic relations.
HISTORY > United States > 20th Century.
HISTORY > Asia > Japan.
Sciences de la politique > États-Unis > 20e siecle.
Reconstruction d'apres-guerre > Japon > Planification.
Japonologues > États-Unis > Histoire > 20e siecle.
Policy sciences > United States > 20th century.
Postwar reconstruction > Japan > Planning.
Japanologists > United States > History > 20th century.
United States.
Japan.
Japon > Histoire > 1945-1952 (Occupation alliee)
Japan > Foreign relations > United States.
United States > Foreign relations > Japan.
Japan > History > Allied occupation, 1945-1952.
History.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • 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.

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