Architects of occupation : American experts and the planning for postwar Japan / Dayna L. Barnes.

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Barnes, Dayna L., 1982- [Browse]
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Book
Language
English
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Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2017.
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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 postwar world. Recent events, from the occupations of Iraq and Afghanistan to protests over American bases in Japan to increasingly aggressive territorial disputes between Asian nations over islands in the Pacific, have brought attention back to the subject of the occupation of Japan. In 'Architects of Occupation', Dayna L. Barnes exposes the wartime origins of occupation policy and broader plans for postwar Japan. She considers the role of presidents, bureaucrats, think tanks, the media, and Congress in policymaking.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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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.
ISBN
  • 9781501707834 ((epub/mobi))
  • 1501707833
  • 9781501707841 ((pdf))
  • 1501707841
  • 9781501708183 ((e-book))
  • 150170818X
  • 9781501708176 ((cloth ; : alk. paper) : (e-book))
  • 1501708171
LCCN
2016040224
OCLC
957656483
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